by | Aug 17, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
The CDC has released new data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant people and is recommending all people 12 years of age and older, including pregnant people, get vaccinated against COVID-19. Access the August 11 media release Let all people who are...
by | Aug 16, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
As efforts continue to increase staff vaccination rates in long term care, the American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) has created new materials to help support long-term care providers. Three new handouts...
by | Aug 9, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Are you struggling to have productive conversations with family members, loved ones and employees on the benefit of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine? Have you relayed data and facts, used pressure tactics and mandates and still hitting road blocks? If so, have you...
by | Aug 9, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Targeted COVID-19 Training for Frontline Nursing Home Staff and Management is a great resource for nursing home staff to put the latest information regarding infection control, COVID-19 preparedness,...
by | Aug 4, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
Access the CDC COVID Data Tracker for access to maps, charts, and data from the CDC on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and issues related to COVID-19. Includes data on vaccinations, cases, deaths and hospitalizations for each county and cases and deaths nationally for...
by | Aug 3, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). This annual observance highlights the efforts of healthcare professionals to protect patients of all ages against vaccine-preventable diseases through on-time vaccination. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all...
by | Aug 3, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
COVID-19 vaccination training remains essential as younger populations become eligible to receive vaccinations and states move into later phases of reopening. Use the Public Health Foundation’s (PHF’s) live search available through the TRAIN Learning Network to access...
by | Aug 2, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
Check out this video animation that describes how the mRNA vaccine works! Viewers watch from inside the cell as the mRNA vaccine is processed and the immune response develops! We hope you will check it out and consider sharing it with your networks, so together we...
by | Aug 2, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) hosted a live webinar with Dr. Paul Carson, infectious disease specialist and professor of public health at North Dakota State University, and Molly Howell, immunization director for the NDDoH. These experts share...
by | Jul 27, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (Available Tools SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum Thursday, August 5, 2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time (CT) Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. AGENDA I. Opening Remarks | Chair – Todd Smith (Center...
