by Kelsey Olson | May 8, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Recently, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced a new funded program, the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving Antibiotic Use. This 18-month program will work with healthcare practices across the country to improve appropriate...
by Kelsey Olson | May 7, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its life safety and emergency preparedness regulations related to health care facilities to improve protections for all individuals enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, including those residing in...
by Kelsey Olson | May 7, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Poverty in North Dakota and South Dakota, like in many states across the United States, can vary based on several factors such as location, demographics, and economic conditions. Both states have unique challenges and characteristics contributing to their poverty...
by Kelsey Olson | May 7, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
National Fentanyl Awareness Day is a day of action where hundreds of businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government offices work together to ensure Americans understand the risks of fentanyl, educate their families and friends, and learn how they can take steps...
by Kelsey Olson | May 6, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, 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, and high utilizers of the...
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 30, 2024 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
What is ‘plain language’? A clear and straightforward explanation of a concept or term that avoids using technical jargon or complex language. It’s designed to be easily understood by a wide audience, including those who may not have expertise in the subject...
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 24, 2024 | Care Coordination, CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Quality in Motion: Acting on the CMS National Quality Strategy is CMS’s latest update to the 2022 National Quality Strategy, which was launched to improve the quality and safety of health care for everyone, focusing on those from underserved and under-resourced...
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 22, 2024 | Care Coordination, CMS News, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, 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 cross-cutting initiatives are advancing the CMS Strategic Plan....
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 19, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Alzheimer’s Association® is hosting several virtual events, alongside other organizations, in April and May. Don’t miss your chance to join these learning opportunities to better understand grief and reflections in healing, Alzheimer’s disease in...
