by Kelsey Olson | Jun 10, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
As healthcare providers, when counseling patients about smoking or vaping cessation, we need to emphasize the immediate health benefits an individual can experience with quitting. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after more than 20...
by Keri McDermott | May 22, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
Cardiac rehabilitation services hold significant value in improving the health outcomes and quality of life for individuals who have experienced cardiac events or have heart-related conditions. Cardiac rehabilitation services provide a comprehensive approach to...
by Keri McDermott | May 22, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
According to the American Red Cross, more than 1,600 people suffer from cardiac arrest each day in the United States. That means every day someone near you may need your help at any moment. During a cardiac emergency, every second…every minute that passes...
by Kelsey Olson | May 9, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Since May is High Blood Pressure Education Month, what better way to teach your patients about their blood pressure than to implement self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring in your practice? The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) for...
by Keri McDermott | May 1, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Most adult smokers – nearly 70% – say they want to quit, and many make quit attempts each year. In 2020, slightly more than half of current adult smokers (56%) made a quit attempt, and in 2021 one-third of current e-cigarette users reported an attempt to quit vaping....
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 26, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
The American Heart Association has launched an important initiative that aims to improve cardiac and stroke healthcare outcomes in rural hospitals. In 2020, the Call to Action: Rural Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association and American...
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 16, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) is excited to announce their 2024 series of the Behavioral Health Action Network. This series of six-monthly virtual one-hour sessions will kick off in May 2024. COE-NF is inviting...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 16, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure and many don’t know they have it. Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a silent killer that causes unnecessary and inequitable disease, disability and death,...
by Kelsey Olson | Mar 28, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Million Hearts® Cholesterol Management Change Package (CMCP) was developed in partnership with the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and the American Medical Association (AMA). This change package provides clinicians in outpatient settings...
by Kelsey Olson | Mar 4, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
Want to learn more about cardiac rehab services in the Dakotas? Looking for opportunities to improve cardiac care in your organization or community? Interested in resources and tools for outpatient programs? If so, access the recording from a recent Webinar, hosted by...
