by Keri McDermott | May 9, 2022 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Rural adults are more likely than urban counterparts to have a larger range of chronic conditions³ and extensive disparities in health, such as greater rates of death, pain and suffering and reduced life expectancy². The increasing need for palliative care services...
by Kelsey Olson | May 2, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
Being a nurse requires consistently caring for others and paying close attention to the physical and mental state of patients. Selflessly showing up for others is an incredible task, but often, those closest to the health care system are at the highest risk of...
by Keri McDermott | May 2, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains QIN updated the GPQIN Electronic Vaccination Tracking Log to include the second COVID-19 booster, pneumococcal vaccines PCV15 and PCV20. This Excel tracking log is designed as a ‘quick review’ for the MDS person and/or infection preventionist...
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 26, 2022 | Events, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
Stepping On Training Opportunity in North Dakota About 36 million falls are reported among older adults each year—resulting in more than 32,000 deaths. Each year, about 3 million older adults are treated in emergency departments for a fall injury. One out of every...
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 25, 2022 | CMS News, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum Thursday, April, 28 2022 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM (CT) 1-888-455-1397 | Conference Passcode: 5109694 Conference call only. No registration required. I. Opening Remarks II. Announcements &...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 25, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
The Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 30, 2022. This event, which happens twice a year, is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs at locations in communities...
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 25, 2022 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality
In South Dakota alone, 18,000 older adults, age 65 and older, are living with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. In North Dakota, 15,000 persons, aged 65 and older, are living with Alzheimer’s. Estimated projections show an increase of 6 to 11 percent by 2025. For more...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 19, 2022 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains QIN and the South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care are co-sponsoring a series of health equity and health disparity learning events. Imagine bare cupboards, an empty gas tank, and a pile of past due bills. Pile on a chronic physical or mental health...
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 19, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
The impact of nurses on health care is unparalleled; directly affecting the health and well-being of our society. In May we honor them. Nurses are everywhere we live, work, play, learn, and worship and in every health care setting providing care to millions of people....
by Kelsey Olson | Apr 19, 2022 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Uncategorized
Health disparities are important to recognize because they provide a metric to measure progress toward advancing health equity. Individuals living in rural areas have limited access to a variety of services, including health care, which creates an increased level of...
