by Keri McDermott | Jul 27, 2021 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety
Evidence-based decision making to inform disease prevention and control The global impact of COVID-19, increasing health disparities, and the growth of science-based interventions demand the use of proven strategies to provide the opportunity for the health of every...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 27, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
August 2, 2021 | 12:00 pm CT Whether acute or chronic in nature, physical conditions impact mental health and vice versa. Federally qualified health centers across the Dakotas utilize an integrated care model to identify patients in need of services and engage the...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 20, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Public Observances, Uncategorized
August is National Immunization Awareness Month The body has a natural ability to adapt and protect against injury and disease. Medical practitioners and researchers have spent centuries identifying ways to enhance and strengthen these built-in healing properties....
by Keri McDermott | Jul 20, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity
Unite South Dakota is a community data exchange of health and social care providers, sponsored by CyncHealth. Partners in the network are connected through a shared technology platform, Unite Us, which enables them to send and receive electronic referrals, address...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 20, 2021 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Patient Safety
After a major health crisis or injury, many individuals struggle with daily life activities because their home lacks the proper safety and access features. The recently-formed Home Modification and Aging in Place (HMAIP) Awareness Project, a collaboration of the...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 15, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
New Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index Launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the HHS Office of Minority Health Systemic socioeconomic inequities like poverty, poor housing conditions, and lack of access to quality health care, lead to...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 15, 2021 | Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Provide communication tools for your team and better care for your patients with the new TeamSTEPPS Video Toolkit, a free resource brought to you by AHA Team Training and CDC’s Project Firstline. The toolkit has been designed to help improve teamwork in health care...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 13, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network launched a COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador Program to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and recognize community-based organizations, healthcare providers and nursing homes with high staff vaccination rates throughout...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 13, 2021 | Featured, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Every day, patients get infections in health care facilities while they are being treated for something else. These infections can have devastating emotional, financial and medical effects. Worst of all, they can be deadly. The CDC offers resources and tips that can...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 12, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
The CDC Drug Overdose and Opioid websites have both been revamped! ⇒The Drug Overdose Website now features: All drug, nonfatal and fatal overdose data Funded recipient information, resources and tools Portal to all of CDC’s overdose prevention subsites (Opioids, Drug...