by Keri McDermott | Oct 25, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
This four-part webinar series will enhance cultural awareness and understanding of the Great Plains Tribes. Participants will be introduced to cultural customs, norms, protocols, and healing practices to help health care teams improve their delivery of care when...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 13, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a Spanish-language update to QuestionBuilder, an app intended to help patients prepare for their in-person or telehealth appointments. QuestionBuilder en español, released in conjunction with Hispanic...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 12, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Personal health literacy is when individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services for health-related decisions for themselves and others. Complicated and unfamiliar words leave nearly nine out of ten American adults struggling to...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 12, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Note from Training Organizers: We wanted to reach out to you during this difficult and uncertain time as the health and safety of you, your families and the wider community is of the utmost importance. Due to the increasing urgency of the coronavirus COVID-19...
by sfredenburg | Sep 26, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN
Note from Training Organizers: We wanted to reach out to you during this difficult and uncertain time as the health and safety of you, your families, and the wider community is of the utmost importance. Due to the increasing urgency of the coronavirus COVID-19...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 14, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The unique community-based and integrated care model at Spectra Health in Grand Forks, ND, allows the care team to address behavioral, oral, and medical health as well as assistance with transportation and housing needs. The Protocol for Responding to and Assessing...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 14, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
A health system and nursing home in Beulah, ND, use the TytoCare™ Medical Exam Kit to reduce exposure to COVID-19 while maintaining access to care. Concerned about the significant decline in routine and preventive care, Coal Country Community Health Center and Knife...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 30, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
September 2, 2021 | 12:00 PM CT Spectra Health has fully embraced its integrated model by including social services within the health care team and expectation of care within the clinic. By offering social services support to all community members, Spectra Health was...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 9, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Best Practice Brief → Prioritizing the Mental Wellbeing of Youth in the Black Hills | August 12, 2021 | 12:00 PM CT The Community Health Center of the Black Hills recognized a need for mental health care for youth in their service area. The pandemic magnified the...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 27, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
August 2, 2021 | 12:00 pm CT Whether acute or chronic in nature, physical conditions impact mental health and vice versa. Federally qualified health centers across the Dakotas utilize an integrated care model to identify patients in need of services and engage the...
by sfredenburg | Jun 17, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Public Observances, Uncategorized
Ongoing agricultural and pandemic stressors have increased the need for mental health services across the Dakotas. During Men’s Health Month in June, the Office of Minority Health’s “6 Plays for Men’s Health” campaign promotes a healthy lifestyle consisting of support...
by Keri McDermott | May 25, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Join the National Academy of Medicine, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin and Shatterproof on June 10 am at 11 pm (CT) for the Stigma of Addiction Summit, a free, virtual, half-day symposium that will focus entirely on understanding, addressing...
