by Keri McDermott | Jul 26, 2024 | Featured, Great Plains QIN
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (GPQIN) is excited to announce we have recently agreed to a new, integrated partnership plan with Comagine Health, a national nonprofit health care consulting firm. Comagine Health is preparing to bid as a prime contractor for...
by Kelsey Olson | Jul 24, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Attend this Webinar series to learn how to identify culture results as colonization or a true infection. The presenter, Taylor Wojcik, PharmD, BCIDP, is an Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist for CommonSpirit Health. Wojcik oversees stewardship activities for...
by Kelsey Olson | Jul 24, 2024 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality of Care Transitions
Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC) Class Leader Training is an evidence-based, self-care education program for those who want to co-lead the dynamic workshop for family caregivers. The integrated training will equip class leaders to co-lead programs for two target...
by Kelsey Olson | Jul 24, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
SAMHSA’s Providers Clinical Support System – Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (PCSS-MOUD) is hosting a new and exciting 8-part podcast series that delves into the critical importance of harm reduction. This series consists of 30-minute episodes hosted by...
by Kelsey Olson | Jul 24, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Are you and your facility ready for an emergency? Disasters can strike anytime and it is up to you to know how to deal with them. Many disasters happen with little to no warning. Emergency preparedness is knowing what to do if there is a disaster or emergency in your...
by Kelsey Olson | Jul 24, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Scholarship program is now accepting applications for the 2025-26 award cycle. The program is a joint effort among APIC, APIC Consulting Services, and the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC) to build IPC...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 23, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Sepsis is a life-threatening complication that occurs when the body’s response to an infection becomes overwhelming. Sepsis can be caused by bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infections, and it can lead to organ failure, septic shock and death. In North Dakota...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 23, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
This one-hour webinar will discuss the importance of screening for Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder, an overview of MOUD (Medications for Opioid Use Disorder) and how it looks in a rural hospital/clinic and at a treatment facility. Presenters will also...
by Kelsey Olson | Jul 22, 2024 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast, Quality of Care Transitions
As healthcare professionals, it is our duty to ensure the health and safety of our patients; one of the most effective tools we have is immunization. August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), an opportunity to draw attention to the critical role vaccines...
by Kelsey Olson | Jul 18, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Since its inception, the Alzheimer’s Association has been a leader in outlining principles and practices of quality care for individuals living with dementia. Early on, our Guidelines for Dignity described goals for quality care, followed by Key Elements of...
