by Keri McDermott | Jul 15, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
New Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index Launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the HHS Office of Minority Health Systemic socioeconomic inequities like poverty, poor housing conditions, and lack of access to quality health care, lead to...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 15, 2021 | Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Provide communication tools for your team and better care for your patients with the new TeamSTEPPS Video Toolkit, a free resource brought to you by AHA Team Training and CDC’s Project Firstline. The toolkit has been designed to help improve teamwork in health care...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 13, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network launched a COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador Program to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and recognize community-based organizations, healthcare providers and nursing homes with high staff vaccination rates throughout...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 13, 2021 | Featured, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Every day, patients get infections in health care facilities while they are being treated for something else. These infections can have devastating emotional, financial and medical effects. Worst of all, they can be deadly. The CDC offers resources and tips that can...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 12, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
The CDC Drug Overdose and Opioid websites have both been revamped! ⇒The Drug Overdose Website now features: All drug, nonfatal and fatal overdose data Funded recipient information, resources and tools Portal to all of CDC’s overdose prevention subsites (Opioids, Drug...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 1, 2021 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality
AHRQ’s new Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care offers a step-by-step approach to help facilities start or revitalize an antibiotic stewardship program. Using the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making, facilities can identify critical time periods...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 30, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Transcending COVID-19 Vaccine Barriers: Strategies to Increase Confidence and Acceptance The North Dakota State University Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) hosted a free virtual conference, June 16-17, for healthcare providers and public health...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 30, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
CDC’s Health Equity Style Guide emphasizes the importance of addressing all people inclusively, with respect, including using non-stigmatizing, bias-free language. Avoid perpetuating negative stereotypes or blaming people for their own life circumstances or health...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 30, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed each July to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for racial and...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 30, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
July 15, 2021 I 12:00 p.m. CT Register Today. Individuals may be reluctant to get the COVID-19 vaccine for many reasons. One way hospitals and health systems can increase vaccination rates for their patients, employees and communities is to focus on why people are...