by Keri McDermott | Mar 9, 2021 | Featured, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Changes in how the body functions are clear as individuals increase in age. These changes also impact the effects of medication ranging from common over-the-counter cold medicines to prescriptions used to manage chronic disease and mental health concerns. Previously...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 8, 2021 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN
Changing eating and exercise habits are common lifestyle recommendations for improving health and preventing disease. Too often a health crisis or unexpected chronic disease diagnosis turns these recommendations into medical necessities. Implementing an effective...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 8, 2021 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, Uncategorized
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are critical for improving quality improvement initiatives because they provide insight into patient needs and the patient experience. As trusted members of the communities they work in, CHWs see firsthand the gaps that exist in health...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 8, 2021 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 4, 2021 | CMS News, Featured
The pandemic has brought into even sharper focus the importance of updated emergency response plans. CMS has compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and national resources to assist state survey agencies; state, tribal, regional and local emergency...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 2, 2021 | Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Patient Safety Awareness Week [March 14 – 20, 2021] is observed to acknowledge the need to improve care safety throughout the healthcare system and to celebrate efforts to improve care. Preventing harm in health care is a public health concern. Everyone...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 1, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Visit our new Web page – Vaccinations – for resources on vaccine confidence, handling and storage, billing and coding as well as educational opportunities. Our team is working to identify and showcase tools that will be of value to healthcare providers and...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 1, 2021 | Featured, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
March 9, 2021 at 12 p.m. CT Get Registered Presented by: Lindsey Dahl, MD Geriatric Medicine- Internal Medicine, Sanford Health, Fargo, ND Why attend? Because you will… • Learn about the key components of the 4Ms Framework • Improve geriatric care for older adults at...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition, Uncategorized
Medications can be lifesaving treatments that change the world. Unfortunately, if not used properly, medications can also lead to adverse events. In fact, Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) account for over 1 million emergency department visits a year and about 350,000...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
This Patient Safety Chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). This report, prepared by AHRQ, presents trends for measures related to access to care, affordable care, care...