by Kelsey Olson | Mar 25, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Effective communication and collaboration stand as the linchpins in the effort to diminish rehospitalization. Research indicates that a united front involving healthcare professionals, such as physicians, hospital leadership, and administrators in assisted living or...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 25, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
An overdose can happen anywhere, to anyone. That’s why the Biden-Harris Administration has made historic investments and taken historic action to expand access to opioid overdose reversal medications. But we need stakeholders in every community across the country to...
by Kelsey Olson | Mar 18, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
Sepsis remains the #1 diagnosis for admissions and readmissions and is the #1 facility-acquired infection related to hospitalization in North Dakota and South Dakota. Understanding the early signs or the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is vital for all...
by Kelsey Olson | Mar 18, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Influenza Vaccination Quality Measure is calculated only once per year for the October 1 to March 31 influenza season. Your nursing home will want to be sure that every resident meets one of the three requirements to be “assessed and appropriately given” the...
by Kelsey Olson | Mar 18, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Truth Initiative’s news article The Difference Between Commercial Tobacco and Sacred Tobacco out lines how sacred tobacco is used by American Indians and Alaska Natives for centuries. This tobacco is used in many different natural products that differ in regions and...
by Kelsey Olson | Mar 18, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Communities That Care (CTC) is a community-based prevention system proven to reduce youth health and behavior problems community-wide. Most people want to help the young people in their community, but most do not know how. The CTC Framework focuses on utilizing...
by Kelsey Olson | Mar 17, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Great Plains QIN Playbook for providing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) is intended for organizations who are just getting started and those who are well on their way. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) are services...
by Kelsey Olson | Mar 11, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Since its inception, the Alzheimer’s Association has been a leader in outlining principles and practices of quality care for individuals living with dementia. Early on, the Guidelines for Dignity described goals for quality care, followed by Key Elements of Dementia...
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by Kelsey Olson | Mar 6, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Diabetes Care, Featured, Health Equity, Hospitals, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, 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 | Mar 6, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety, Public Observances
Buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) and naloxone (Narcan) are effective harm-reduction medications used in the treatment of opioid-related conditions. Due to the rurality of North Dakota, ensuring access to treatment for opioid-related conditions is vital. Standing...
