New Project Firstline Micro-Learn Training

New Project Firstline Micro-Learn Training

by | Nov 30, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition

Clostridioides difficile is formerly known as Clostridium difficile – and often called C. difficile or C. diff. – is a germ (bacterium) that causes diarrhea and colitis (an inflammation of the colon). Most cases of C. diff infection occur while an...
Updated Q2 2023 Community Data Reports: Addressing Gaps, Achieving Growth and Quality Improvement

Updated Q2 2023 Community Data Reports: Addressing Gaps, Achieving Growth and Quality Improvement

by | Nov 30, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition

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...
Chronic Disease Management Resources and Tools

Chronic Disease Management Resources and Tools

by | Nov 28, 2023 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition

The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network helps providers with the prevention and management of chronic diseases by preventing cardiovascular events, promoting tobacco cessation, improving the management of diabetes to decrease complications and identifying...
The Biden-⁠Harris Administration: Improve Health and Wellbeing by Addressing Social Determinants of Health

The Biden-⁠Harris Administration: Improve Health and Wellbeing by Addressing Social Determinants of Health

by | Nov 20, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition

The social and economic conditions of the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age affect a wide range of health, functioning and quality-of-life outcomes. White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...
Call to Action: Behavioral Health CARE in the Emergency Department

Call to Action: Behavioral Health CARE in the Emergency Department

by | Nov 20, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition

What does Culture Change look like for you? For your organization? “I have spent a great deal of my work time the last two months researching and reading articles and studies related to behavioral health in the emergency department. Truth be told, I struggled to...
Early Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Decreases Costs and Saves Lives

Early Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Decreases Costs and Saves Lives

by | Nov 20, 2023 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition

According to the National Kidney Foundation, chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 37 million people, or 15 percent, of adults in the United States.  Diabetes and high blood pressure are responsible for two-thirds of cases. The condition is usually asymptomatic until...
Preventing Medication Errors is Key to Patient Safety: The Five Rights 

Preventing Medication Errors is Key to Patient Safety: The Five Rights 

by | Nov 14, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions

Medication errors can be avoided. The 5 R’s of medication administration were put in place to protect both those administering medicine and the person taking medicine/s, alongside reducing the harm that can be caused by medication errors. Following the 5 rights is the...