by Keri McDermott | Mar 31, 2015 | Archived
April is Minority Health Month – an opportunity to raise public awareness about health and healthcare disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities and efforts to advance health equity. The theme for National Minority Health Month 2015 is “30...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 30, 2015 | Archived
The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is partnering with nursing homes throughout the region to collaborate and share tools, knowledge and experiences for improving resident safety and clinical processes and reducing preventable healthcare conditions. An area of...
by | Mar 19, 2015 | Archived
Tuesday, March 24, American Diabetes Association Alert Day®, is a “wake-up call” when the Association asks the public and our supporters to help us spread awareness about the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. As the Association celebrates its 75th anniversary, we’re...
by | Mar 13, 2015 | Archived
A toolkit provides lessons from more than 1,000 hospital leaders on transformation Hospitals are cornerstones of their communities. Beyond treating injury and illness, hospitals and healthcare systems advance people’s health and well-being and serve as an...
by | Feb 13, 2015 | Archived
Patient databases are helping hospitals to provide better disease management for patients with chronic conditions Patient disease registries are databases of clinical information used to evaluate care processes and outcomes. Interoperability between electronic health...
by gpqinadmin | Feb 3, 2015 | Archived
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network announces the selection and appointment of Ryan Sailor, MBA as the IDIQ Director for Great Plains QIN, succeeding Greg Schieke with his retirement on January 30. Ryan began in this capacity effective February 1. Ryan comes to...
by gpqinadmin | Jan 29, 2015 | Archived
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) have helped to significantly improve patient care and quality. For example, the QIO program helped save nearly $1 billion by improving care transitions in...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 9, 2015 | Archived
During a plenary session at QualityNet, Dennis Wagner, Acting Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality; Jeneen Iwugo, Director of CMS’ Division of Beneficiary Healthcare Improvement and Safety; and...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 9, 2015 | Archived
CMS’ 2014 QualityNet conference featured a series of Master Classes, including “Real Talk: A Patient and Family Engagement Experience.” Jeanine Pilgrim, the National Learning and Action Network (LAN) Coordinator and Patient/Family Engagement Project Manager for the...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 8, 2015 | Archived
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) kicked off its annual health care quality conference, QualityNet, in Baltimore on Dec. 2, 2014 by celebrating recent health care quality accomplishments and urging attendees to accelerate the pace of improvement....
