by Keri McDermott | Jul 11, 2019 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Meaningful Use, Medication Safety, Quality Payment Program, Sepsis
The message below was sent to all Great Plains Quality Innovation Network LAN Partners on Monday, July 5. Passing along again in case you missed it. The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN) is entering a transition phase as the Centers for Medicare &...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 3, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Public Observances
June 6th is “What Matters to You?” Day Inspired by the question posed in a 2012 New England Journal of Medicine article by Dr. Michael Barry and Susan Edgman-Levitan, ‘What Matters to You’ is a day for medical professions to build relationships with...
by Geneal Roth | May 22, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Public Observances
Nearly half of adults in the United States have high blood pressure, and of these, almost half (45.6%) are not controlled. High blood pressure contributes to major health conditions such as heart attack, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, diabetes and other health...
by Keri McDermott | May 16, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Public Observances
When speaking with your patients about how to decrease their risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease, lifestyle changes are an important aspect but can be difficult to tackle. One place to start is the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7: encouraging...
by Keri McDermott | May 14, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN
The number of Americans at risk for heart attacks and strokes just got a lot higher. An estimated 103 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure, according to new statistics from the American Heart Association. That’s nearly half of all adults in the United States....
by Keri McDermott | May 14, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN
About 103 million adults in the United States have high blood pressure. Nearly half of those people don’t have their blood pressure controlled. High blood pressure causes the heart to pump harder to move blood through the body which can weaken blood vessels and damage...
by Keri McDermott | May 7, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN
Five days after Jan celebrated her 65th birthday, her life was changed forever. She had just gotten home from having dinner with friends. While she was changing clothes she suddenly fell. Thankfully, she landed on her bed avoiding any major injury. She felt like...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 30, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Public Observances
Hypertension or High Blood Pressure increases your risk of dangerous health conditions, like heart attack, stroke and heart failure. Lifestyle changes, such as increasing physical activity might lower your risk for developing hypertension. During National High Blood...
by sfredenburg | Apr 29, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Meaningful Use
Strokes are happening at younger ages and statistics show increasing rates for the 45-64 age group. High blood pressure is one of the risk factors for stroke, along with high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes. Given the connection, National Stroke Awareness and...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 2, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Success Story
We had the privilege of having a conversation with Dr. Susan Newman, a Lead Physician with the Grand Island Clinic, earlier this week on her efforts to improve hypertension rates among her patients. Over a one year time span, Dr. Newman has had an increase of 6...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 12, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN
2019 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge Deadline Approaching: Submit your entry today! The Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge is a competition to identify clinicians, practices and health systems that have demonstrated exceptional achievements...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 26, 2019 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN
Submit your entry for the 2019 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge The Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge is a competition to identify clinicians, practices and health systems that have demonstrated exceptional achievements in working...
