by Keri McDermott | Jan 5, 2024 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
We are excited to announce that we have crossed a milestone in the history of our organization. On January 7, Great Plains Quality Innovation Network will celebrate 10 years of doing business; currently serving as the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 5, 2024 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Thee Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations implementing emergency planning, response and recovery efforts in rural communities across the United States. This toolkit...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 5, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
Mirriam Webster’s defines chronic as continuing or occurring again and again for a long time. While that certainly “applies” to chronic conditions, such as high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia and Type 2 Diabetes – there are real opportunities to bring those...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 2, 2024 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
New Year’s resolutions are a fantastic way of reflecting over the past year to see what we’ve done well and what we haven’t done so well. Individuals can identify areas for growth and self-improvement and can set resolutions for the coming year that could be health...
by Kelsey Olson | Dec 27, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Health equity is not only a moral necessity, but also a strategic and operational must for healthcare leaders and organizations. Health equity aligns with legal and ethical obligations, enhances an organization’s reputation, contributes to the long-term success and...
by Kelsey Olson | Dec 27, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The purpose of this new Implementation Guide is to provide South Dakota Cardiovascular Collaborative partners with premade and brand-approved promotional social media tools and materials about Better Choices, Better Health® SD, pharmacy programs available in South...
by Kelsey Olson | Dec 11, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
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, and high utilizers of the...
by Kelsey Olson | Dec 11, 2023 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Nursing Home Quality, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
Advance care planning (ACP) is a process that involves making decisions about your future health care. ACP typically involves discussions between individuals, family members and the healthcare provider team to understand and document a person’s values,...
by Kelsey Olson | Dec 11, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
What to say when, how to positively respond to behaviors, how to join their reality, validate their feelings and then distract? This is always a challenge with persons living with dementia. Because of what is physically happening to their brain from the disease, they...
by Kelsey Olson | Dec 8, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast
During this Series, we discussed TeamSTEPPS, an evidenced-based set of teamwork tools that are aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among healthcare teams, including patients and family caregivers. Below are all of the...
