by Keri McDermott | Nov 8, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Friday, November 12, 2021 | 12:00 pm CST Brought to you by the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) Join presenters as they discuss important topics surrounding the upcoming 2021 influenza season. Topics to include discussion on...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 8, 2021 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Million Hearts® Learning Lab: Intensifying Treatment to Achieve Blood Pressure Control Live Question & Answer (Q&A): November 17, 2021 | 2:00 – 2:45 pm CT Objectives: 1. Describe how to apply key recommendations from the 2017 ACC/AHA Guideline for the...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 5, 2021 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a germ that causes diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. The CDC estimates C. diff impacts almost half a million people in the United States each year and an estimated 29,300 deaths. C. diff is a bacteria spread by microscopic...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 2, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The CDC invites you to encourage everyone six months and older to get a flu vaccine this year with their new ‘I Get It’ campaign. There are many reasons to get a flu vaccine—whether it is to keep yourself healthy, prevent the worsening of an underlying chronic health...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 2, 2021 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Diabetes Care, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
In the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than doubled as the American population has aged and become more overweight or obese.¹ According to the North Dakota Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, over 50,000 North Dakotans have...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 1, 2021 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities / Long Term Care Open Door Forum Thursday, November 4, 2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time (CT) Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. 1-888-455-1397 | Conference Passcode: 8604468 Agenda (subject to change)...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 28, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
⇒ Geriatric and Age-Friendly Webinar Series | What Matters: IP Collaboration to Enhance Wellness through Functional Activities November 9, 2021 | 12:00 PM CT Presenter: Sclinda Janssen, PhD, OTR/L, CLA, Occupational Therapy, University of North Dakota; Grand Forks...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 25, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network launched the COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador Program in March to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and recognize community-based organizations, healthcare providers and nursing homes with high staff vaccination rates...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 25, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations
The vaccines work. The COVID-19 vaccines continue to be remarkably effective in reducing risk of severe disease, hospitalization and death, including against the delta variant. CDC data show that in August 2021, the risk of dying from COVID-19 in the United States was...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 25, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
This four-part webinar series will enhance cultural awareness and understanding of the Great Plains Tribes. Participants will be introduced to cultural customs, norms, protocols, and healing practices to help health care teams improve their delivery of care when...