by Kelsey Olson | Feb 28, 2023 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Below is a compilation of Great Plains Quality Innovation Network’s education offerings for March 2023. With a focus on improving patient outcomes and advancing the field of healthcare, we have quite a few exciting opportunities for healthcare professionals and...
by Kelsey Olson | Feb 13, 2023 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Patient Safety
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added COVID-19 vaccines to its list of routine vaccines for children adolescents and adults. The revised schedules were recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The CDC worked...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 11, 2023 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Join an informative roundtable discussion focused on improving COVID-19 booster rates and use of therapeutics by residents and staff in post-acute and long-term care settings. Special Roundtable: Improve COVID-19 Booster Rates and Use of Therapeutics by Residents and...
by Kelsey Olson | Feb 5, 2023 | Care Coordination, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a new initiative aimed at increasing access to COVID-19 testing in communities across the United States. The Increasing Community Access to Testing Program will work to expand testing options in areas...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 5, 2023 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced its intent to end the national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) declarations related to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, 2023. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has resources available to...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 20, 2023 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The bivalent booster is the most recent version of the COVID-19 vaccine. It contains both the original vaccine strain [of the virus] and a strain derived from the BA.5 omicron variant, which is currently the most active in the United States, so that we can maximize...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 16, 2023 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement (QI) Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America is an audio series that gives you a closer look at the projects and the people who are improving health care quality and...
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 10, 2023 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Q Tip Podcast
As COVID-19 hits its three-year mark, we have seen nursing homes take some of the biggest hits of the virus with their patients and their staff. Nursing homes homes are now able to enroll in CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program to obtain single-dose vials of a...
by Kelsey Olson | Dec 2, 2022 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
The Biden Administration has announced a six-week campaign through the end of the year urging Americans to get their updated COVID-19 vaccine. This campaign will focus on reaching seniors and the communities that were hardest hit by COVID-19 by making it even more...
by Kelsey Olson | Nov 21, 2022 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Now is the time to encourage people to get their annual flu shots, a universal approach to enhancing community immunity. Influenza is associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Like everyone else, people who are living with heart disease or have had a...
