by | Oct 27, 2024 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality of Care Transitions
Despite the demands that come with working in a nursing facility, staff are dedicated to their craft and enjoy a deep satisfaction from helping care for residents. The other side of the job brings pressures that can increase susceptibility to exhaustion leading to...
by | Oct 25, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Greater New York Health Care Facilities Association (GNYHCFA) and the IPRO Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) are offering a series of webinars from October 2024 to January 2025 to educate, support, and encourage nursing homes...
by | Oct 16, 2024 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
This week serves as a reminder of the incredible impact that healthcare professionals, like you, have on the lives of our patients. Your dedication, passion, and relentless pursuit of excellence have not only elevated our organization’s standards but, more...
by | Sep 18, 2024 | Events, Featured, Immunizations, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains QIN team hosted a Webinar on September 17, 2024 to discuss current vaccination recommendations, resources for hosting a vaccine clinic and tools to assist with vaccine hesitancy. As respiratory viruses become more prevalent during the fall and winter...
by | Sep 11, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
North Dakota State University (NDSU) and the Alzheimer’s Association invite you to a free lunch and learn series on Alzheimer’s and other dementias throughout October and November. See the schedule of sessions and times below: Session 1: Understanding...
by | Sep 11, 2024 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
One of South Dakota Department of Health’s guiding principles is to achieve health equity in all communities, while working toward the mission of working together to promote, protect, and improve health. The Department is proud to announce the Nexus SD Implementation...
by | Aug 28, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The North Dakota Dementia Care Services Program is offering a series of educational trainings to help individuals better understand how to implement person-centered care in all aspects of dementia care as well as learn appropriate dementia care techniques in line with...
by | Aug 26, 2024 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
In North Dakota and South Dakota, sepsis is the #1 admission and readmission diagnosis. With sepsis, time is of the essence. For every hour of delayed treatment, the risk of death increases by between 4 and 9 percent.¹ Experts say that 80 percent of sepsis deaths...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
The South Dakota Tobacco Control Program is hosting a webinar series this fall on tobacco cessation. Additional information and registration links for each session are included below. Be sure to register and take part in these important conversations. Tobacco...
by | Aug 9, 2024 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Most people who survive sepsis make a full recovery, but it can take time and may involve long-term physical and emotional effects. These effects are sometimes called post-sepsis syndrome, a condition that affects up to 50% of sepsis survivors. It’s important to...
