by | Oct 27, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) pose a significant threat to patient safety. To mitigate this risk, both North and South Dakota offer a range of resources to support infection prevention and control efforts. By utilizing these resources, healthcare facilities...
by | Oct 25, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Greater New York Health Care Facilities Association (GNYHCFA) and the IPRO Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) are offering a series of webinars from October 2024 to January 2025 to educate, support, and encourage nursing homes...
by | Oct 17, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. A variety of print and digital resource are...
by | Aug 28, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
It is September and that means we all come together – healthcare providers, communities, family members, organizations (big and small) to raise sepsis awareness to help save lives for Sepsis Awareness Month. Sepsis is a serious condition and a leading cause of...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
Researchers from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom recently published results in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal from the Immune Defence trial. The study involved 13,799 adults at risk of adverse respiratory illness outcomes. Conducted at 332...
by | Aug 9, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
A recent global study spanning 204 countries revealed a startling truth: Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are on the rise.¹ This alarming trend is directly linked to increasing life expectancy as older individuals are significantly more susceptible to these infections....
by | Jul 24, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Attend this Webinar series to learn how to identify culture results as colonization or a true infection. The presenter, Taylor Wojcik, PharmD, BCIDP, is an Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist for CommonSpirit Health. Wojcik oversees stewardship activities for...
by | Jul 23, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
This one-hour webinar will discuss the importance of screening for Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder, an overview of MOUD (Medications for Opioid Use Disorder) and how it looks in a rural hospital/clinic and at a treatment facility. Presenters will also...
by | Jul 8, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
The opioid epidemic refers to the widespread misuse of both prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs in the United States and other countries. This crisis has led to a significant increase in opioid overdoses and deaths, along with profound social and economic...
by | Jun 19, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Pharmacogenomic testing is a form of genetic testing that helps predict how an individual will respond to certain medications based on their genetic makeup. It involves analyzing variations in genes that affect drug metabolism, efficacy, and potential adverse...
