by | Aug 8, 2024 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality of Care Transitions
On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, Great Plains QIN hosted a Webinar in partnership with the Opioid Response Network. This one-hour webinar highlighted the importance of screening for Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder, an overview of MOUD (Medications for Opioid Use...
by | Aug 5, 2024 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). NIAM raises the awareness about why vaccines are important for people of all ages and how they can help prevent serious, sometimes deadly, diseases and illnesses. During NIAM, Great Plains QIN will be sharing...
by | Aug 1, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health In Nursing Facilities has a few new trainings offering ACCME and/or NAB Credit available throughout August. All of the trainings are free to attend. They will be partnering with AMDA to cover topics like Managing...
by | Jul 24, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Attend this Webinar series to learn how to identify culture results as colonization or a true infection. The presenter, Taylor Wojcik, PharmD, BCIDP, is an Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist for CommonSpirit Health. Wojcik oversees stewardship activities for...
by | Jul 23, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
This one-hour webinar will discuss the importance of screening for Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder, an overview of MOUD (Medications for Opioid Use Disorder) and how it looks in a rural hospital/clinic and at a treatment facility. Presenters will also...
by | Jul 22, 2024 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast, Quality of Care Transitions
As healthcare professionals, it is our duty to ensure the health and safety of our patients; one of the most effective tools we have is immunization. August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), an opportunity to draw attention to the critical role vaccines...
by | Jul 18, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
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, our Guidelines for Dignity described goals for quality care, followed by Key Elements of...
by | Jul 15, 2024 | Care Coordination, Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The North Dakota State University Center for Immunization Research and Education (NDSU CIRE) is excited to offer a free, four-part online video training module designed to boost clinicians’ confidence addressing vaccine hesitancy in the medical encounter. As a result...
by | Jul 12, 2024 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The National Institute of Health defines a health-literate healthcare organization as one that makes it easy for people to navigate, understand and use information and services to take care of their health. During this Webinar presentation, hosted by the Institute for...
by | Jul 2, 2024 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Join the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) and Drs. Noel Brewer and Jessica Young for the webinar, Effective HPV vaccine communication: Helping providers and nursing staff make strong vaccine recommendations....
