by Keri McDermott | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
A recent phone call between Stephanie Hanson, BSN, RN, and Eric Weber ended up saving a life. Here is how it transpired. Hanson is a quality improvement director for Great Plains Quality Innovation Network and a program manager for the South Dakota Foundation for...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 22, 2023 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Pneumonia is a common illness that can be serious or even life-threatening. Not all cases of pneumonia can be prevented, but through education for those we care for and assisting them to take certain measures, we can certainly reduce the prevalence and severity. The...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 21, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
A new award of $300,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration will result in a one-year program titled START-SD: Overdose Response (START-SD-OR), which will increase access to naloxone and fentanyl test strips, provide education and training on...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 15, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains QIN is committed to empowering all older adults to age well and that includes avoiding falls. On September 18-22, 2023, we are partnering with the National Council on Aging (NCOA) to observe Falls Prevention Awareness Week. Let’s work together to...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 13, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Older men and women who gave their time to volunteer work had better memory and thinking skills than their peers who didn’t volunteer, according to a new report. Volunteering several times a week provided the greatest boost in brain health, compared to those who...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 11, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Please join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 2:30 pm CT for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Long-term care providers, facility staff and...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 11, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Fostering a culture of patient safety within our healthcare organizations is critical to ensuring that our patients and residents have the safest care possible. This webinar will provide an overview of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Surveys on...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 7, 2023 | Care Coordination, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) released a new Z code infographic: Improving the Collection of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Data with ICD-10-CM Z Codes. This resource aims to assist providers with...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 5, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Join the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) and Dr. Sean O’Leary for the webinar, Strategies for Communicating with Vaccine-Hesitant Parents. Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm CT Who’s Invited:...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 29, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
There are several high-risk medications that can lead to an adverse drug event (ADE). The classes of medications that we need to be aware of when it comes to ADEs include anticoagulation’s, opioids, antidiabetics, antipsychotics and antibiotics. High-alert...
