by Kelsey Olson | Oct 16, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Looking for health care information and quality resources? We added a few more episodes to our new podcast series: Q-Tips For Your Ears. This podcast is designed for everyone – healthcare professionals, patients and family members; sharing basic healthcare information...
by Kelsey Olson | Oct 16, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network developed this Naloxone training for ANYONE interested in learning more about how Naloxone can be used to save a life. This 20-minute training provides an overview of the signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose, three different...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 14, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
We have moved our Focus 4 Health Sessions to Wednesdays at 12:15 – 12:45 pm CT Join our October Focus 4 Health Series: A Culture of Safety During this Series, we will discuss strategies to: Achieve consistent, safe operations in recognition of high-risk organizational...
by Kelsey Olson | Oct 10, 2023 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Great Plains QIN team proudly supports the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and those around the world in celebrating Healthcare Quality Week; working to raise awareness of the positive impacts that skilled healthcare quality professionals are...
by Kelsey Olson | Oct 9, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
A person with Alzheimer’s may become suspicious of those around them, even accusing others of theft, infidelity or other improper behavior. While accusations can be hurtful, remember that the disease is causing these behaviors and try not to take offense. What...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 8, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
This presentation will aim to elicit conversations surrounding complex patients and will highlight the importance of well-informed, multi-level care coordination. Included will be brief touchpoints related to engagement, social needs and burnout. The intended audience...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 5, 2023 | Care Coordination, CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Please join the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and her leadership team, who will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how their cross-cutting initiatives are advancing CMS’...
by Kelsey Olson | Oct 3, 2023 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
According to the CDC, about 800,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year. About 1 in 4 of those people already had a heart attack. Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised program designed to improve an individual’s cardiovascular...
by Kelsey Olson | Oct 3, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
The mission of FirstLink is to assist individuals in identifying, accessing and making effective use of community and volunteer resources. Through this program, individuals can access free resources, support as well as crisis intervention services throughout North...
by Kelsey Olson | Sep 28, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Deprescribing medications is being studied to help nursing home residents. A new report has provided guidance for safety by “deprescribing” the amount of drugs being administered to nursing home residents, where it is estimated half or more are prescribed...
