by Keri McDermott | Jan 7, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released another COVID-related rural resource that may be of interest. A “Rural Considerations” addendum was recently added to its field guide for conducting a Rapid Community Assessment (RCA). An RCA is a...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 5, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Universal PPE Best Practices & Role of a Trained Observer The theory behind personal protective equipment (PPE) is simple, but working in a fast-paced, overburdened environment can cause lapses in protocol and best practices. Access the Centers for Medicare &...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 4, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
To help uninsured individuals find providers who may provide services at no cost, view a list of providers who have voluntarily participated in HRSA’s Uninsured Program. Providers who participate in and are reimbursed from the HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program for...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 4, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Quality Care Coalition
Superior Health Quality Alliance developed a toolkit to assist home health care organizations to implement critical infection prevention and control measures to improve patient sepsis outcomes. The toolkit includes a training program outline that organizations can...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 29, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Project Firstline aims to provide all healthcare workers with the infection control knowledge they need to protect their patients and themselves. To improve access to Project Firstline materials for Spanish-speaking healthcare workers, a selection of content and...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Rapid Increase of Omicron Variant Infections in the United States: Management of Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network | Friday, December 24, 2021 Summary Due to the increased transmissibility of the...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2021 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Friday, January 21 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT Access the Webinar Recording Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to: 1) Discuss the clinical features of long-haul COVID 2) Describe the prevalence of long-haul COVID 3) Understand how...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2021 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Effective communication is critical to ensuring understanding, empowering patients and providing high-quality care. A language access plan can help ensure that an organization provides high quality and appropriate language services. A language access plan can also...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The cost of prescription drugs can be extremely expensive and often times out of reach for individuals in need. Fortunately, there are programs that can help. Mark Hardy, PharmD; North Dakota Board of Pharmacy, recently provided an overview of a program that helps...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Uncategorized
Reach for Resilience is a help line and resource center for healthcare professionals, formed in partnership between Sanford Health and the North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Behavioral Health Division. Reach for Resilience was created by healthcare workers for...
