by Kelsey Olson | Feb 5, 2023 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Below is a compilation of Great Plains Quality Innovation Network’s education offerings for February 2023. With a focus on improving patient outcomes and advancing the field of healthcare, we have quite a few exciting opportunities for healthcare professionals...
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 30, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast
Antibiotic stewardship is the effort to measure and improve how antibiotics are prescribed by clinicians and used by patients. Emily Perry is an antibiotic stewardship pharmacist within the Center for Collaboration and Advancement in Pharmacy (CAP). Perry is less than...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 29, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Long-term care (LTC) facility residents often experience potentially avoidable hospital transfers, which are expensive, disruptive and disorienting for frail elders and people with disabilities. LTC facility residents are especially vulnerable to the risks that...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 29, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Dually eligible individuals covered under Medicare and Medicaid who live in rural areas struggle to access the services, care coordination, and integrated care programs they need. Health Management Associates (HMA) conducted multi-state roundtable discussions with...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 26, 2023 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Friday Focus 4 Health February Series begins on February 3, 2023 Reducing Avoidable Hospital Emergency Department Visits | 12:00 – 12:30 pm CT Blood Pressure Control | 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. CT Register for the February Series Our Friday Focus 4 Health...
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 26, 2023 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Public Observances
The North Dakota State University Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) welcomes Dr. Paul Offit as the fourth guest presenter in Bringing the Experts to You: A Webinar Series on Vaccines. Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm CST Register...
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 24, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Success Story
Cheri Fast and Jessica Danko, project managers for the South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care, are among the first in the nation to be awarded the CBIC Long-Term Care Certification in Infection Control. Fast and Danko are innovative leaders in long-term care. This...
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 24, 2023 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The “Know Diabetes by Heart™” Campaign aims to raise awareness about the link between diabetes and heart disease and to provide education and resources to help people with diabetes lower their risk of heart disease. Type 2 diabetes is a serious condition...
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 24, 2023 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
In the United States, approximately 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur each year and less than 10% of these victims survive¹. Fortunately, survival rates can be significantly increased by a simple, yet lifesaving technique – CPR (Cardiopulmonary...
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 20, 2023 | CMS News, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to invite the public to attend the upcoming webinar “From Data to Action: How CMS and its Stakeholders are Addressing Inequities in Healthcare.” Join the discussion of the CMS Health Equity Framework...
