by Keri McDermott | Jun 18, 2019 | Archived
Angel Davis [pictured] is a registered nurse and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ subject matter expert for the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program’s long-term care work. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing Quality Innovation...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 13, 2019 | Archived
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services selected Great Plains Quality Innovation Network as a Prime awardee of the Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractor. This designation will allow NQIICs to bid on Task Orders over the next five years. As...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 11, 2019 | Archived
Physician burnout costs the healthcare industry between $2.6 billion and $6.3 billion annually, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. This included a baseline cost of about $4.6 billion as a result of turnover, reduced productivity and...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 11, 2019 | Archived
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network – Nebraska hosted the 16th Annual Nebraska Healthcare Quality Forum on June 6, 2019 in La Vista. While the majority of the attendees were from Nebraska, healthcare professionals from neighboring states, including Iowa, Kansas,...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 11, 2019 | Archived
The passion of one person can truly have an impact. A director of nursing in a small town in South Dakota saw a need to improve dementia care and her efforts led to a statewide training spanning three communities and reaching almost 300 healthcare professionals....
by Keri McDermott | May 30, 2019 | Archived
Relating to different points of view is a valuable personal and professional skill, especially in the healthcare industry. In her 30 years of nursing, Cheri Fast, RN, BSN, WOCN, has certainly developed a strong understanding of the challenges and rewards of positive...
by Keri McDermott | May 28, 2019 | Archived
In August 2018, members of the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (GPQIN) Nebraska team began meeting monthly with healthcare representatives from the Norfolk community to bring forward each organization’s efforts related to sepsis. Self-named the Norfolk...
by Keri McDermott | May 22, 2019 | Archived
Effective June 8, 2019, there will be changes to the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care – Quality Improvement Organization program. The Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is the cornerstone of Medicare’s efforts to improve the quality of care and health...
by Keri McDermott | May 21, 2019 | Archived
University of North Carolina (UNC) Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Center for Medication Optimization is creating a care coordination hub to help community pharmacists proactively manage medications for chronically ill patients. Linked below are podcasts, developed by...
by Keri McDermott | May 16, 2019 | Archived
Avera Eureka Health Care Center (Avera Eureka) has achieved the monthly National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative (NHQCC) Quality Measure Composite Score goal of 6.0 or less for the past 30 months. Achieving this monthly score is significant as only 10% of the...
