by | Feb 8, 2024 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains QIN has created four unique Valentines Day Posters that were developed for use in your organization to promote the COVID vaccination with a Valentine’s Day theme. Please print and post in your lobby, break room or hallways. Thank you for all you do to...
by | Feb 6, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
View Lynde Monson, PharmD, BCPS, as she navigates us through the latest immunization updates and details how immunizations prevent antibiotic use. The recording is available to be viewed on the CAP Center website and there is CE available! Access the Recording ...
by | Feb 2, 2024 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
North Dakota State University’s Center for Collaboration and Advancement in Pharmacy (CAP) has implemented vaccine champions, or “VaxChamps”, which have been successful at increasing vaccination rates in North Dakota. This model identifies and trains a nurse to...
by | Feb 2, 2024 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Did you know that a wood frog can hold its urine for up to 8 months? Don’t let your residents be wood frogs! Emptying the bladder often helps prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Sometimes it’s difficult for residents living with dementia to express...
by | Feb 2, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Insomnia is not unusual in women, especially during midlife. But how does that relate to increase cardiovascular risk over time? According to a research article recently published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal, persistent insomnia symptoms and...
by | Feb 2, 2024 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
In October 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Stratified Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports for post-acute care providers, including skilled nursing facilities, to identify individuals in their patient populations who are at...
by | Jan 29, 2024 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
As opioid overdose deaths in the United States continue to climb, we should all have the knowledge of and be prepared to administer naloxone in the event of an overdose. The risk of being unprepared can result in loss of life. The administration of naloxone is an...
by | Jan 29, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Join Immunize South Dakota for the next Online & in-the-know session. The presenter will share the Autism Society’s practical tips to improve vaccine confidence by employing strategies to reduce stress when vaccinating neurodiverse patients. From this...
by | Jan 29, 2024 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
In November 2016, CMS issued an Emergency Preparedness Rule for all Medicare and Medicaid participating providers and suppliers. The purpose of this rule was to ensure providers and suppliers had the planning, the resources, and the community backing they needed to...
by | Jan 29, 2024 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses can guide clinical management, including appropriate antiviral treatment, particularly in persons at higher risk for progression to severe disease from COVID-19 and influenza, regardless of vaccination status....
