by Keri McDermott | Jun 5, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Pharmacogenomic testing is a form of genetic testing that helps predict how an individual will respond to certain medications based on their genetic makeup. It involves analyzing variations in genes that affect drug metabolism, efficacy, and potential adverse...
by Kelsey Olson | Jun 5, 2024 | Care Coordination, CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Billing issues related to COVID-19 vaccines can arise due to various factors, such as insurance coverage, government reimbursement policies, and administrative errors. The second round of 23-24 updated COVID-19 vaccines are upon us. To try to alleviate issues with...
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by Kelsey Olson | Jun 5, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Great Plains QIN team strives to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes. We work with partners and community coalitions to identify areas for improvement, which include reducing avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, including those caused by...
by Kelsey Olson | Jun 4, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
In North Dakota and South Dakota, sepsis is the #1 admission and readmission diagnosis. With sepsis, time is of the essence. For every hour of delayed treatment, the risk of death increases by between 4 and 9 percent.¹ Experts say that 80 percent of sepsis deaths...
by Kelsey Olson | May 31, 2024 | Care Coordination, CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
The CMS Office of Minority Health has released a new resource document of health equity-related data definitions, standards, and stratification practices that can be used by organizations/entities such as providers, states, community organizations, and others that...
by Kelsey Olson | May 31, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Reducing readmissions matters to both hospitals and nursing homes. With readmission measures that can impact the bottom line for both, strategic partnerships are paramount. For the FY 2025 Program year, the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Value Based Payment Program...
by Keri McDermott | May 30, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Dr. Amy Boutwell developed The MVP (Multi-Visit Patient) Method after many years of assisting healthcare systems transform and improve their care delivery model and studying what worked best across a variety of settings. Per the Institute for Advancing Health Value,...
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 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Opioid and other drug-related toxicities continue to plague us. Individuals who are or recently were incarcerated are at very high risk of drug diversion, medication nonadherence, drug misuse and overdose upon their release. The ONE (the opioid and naloxone education)...
by Kelsey Olson | May 22, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Pneumonia is the one of the most common healthcare-associated infection in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), non-ventilator healthcare associated pneumonia (NV-HAP) is estimated to make up 65% of all...
