by | Feb 18, 2022 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Individuals and family members faced with a serious health prognosis quickly find themselves in a complex world of appointments, medications, specialty care referrals and courses of treatment; often feeling overwhelmed, anxious and inept. This was the scenario for...
by | Feb 16, 2022 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Those who provide care to others seldom take the time to care for themselves. It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has created prolonged stressful working conditions for healthcare systems. All staff involved in frontline patient care (doctors, nurses, CNAs, and...
by | Feb 15, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides daily updates and guidance related to COVID-19 and vaccinations. We are highlighting a few below: COVID-19 Vaccination Trainings for new and experienced providers The training modules include how to prepare...
by | Feb 15, 2022 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Peer comparison audit and feedback could result in greater antibiotic prescribing improvements Antibiotic prescribing can result in side effects and contribute to antibiotic resistance, an urgent public health threat. In a recently released MMWR article, Identifying...
by | Feb 15, 2022 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Blood pressure levels can change from one moment to the next, depending on both physical activity and emotional state. Monitoring blood pressure consistently and accurately is a challenge and a key element to diagnose and treat hypertension. Proper treatment of high...
by | Feb 8, 2022 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
According to Heart Disease Facts from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, about 18.2 million adults, over the age of 20, have heart disease, which is also the leading cause of death for all Americans, accounting for about 659,000 deaths every year.¹ In...
by | Feb 8, 2022 | Care Coordination, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
February 22, 2022 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CT To stop the spread of infections, everyone working in a healthcare facility needs to have a foundational knowledge of infection prevention and must be ready to implement basic measures throughout their workday and at home. In...
by | Feb 8, 2022 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
North Dakota Council on the Arts’ Art for Life Program in partnership with North Dakota State University (NDSU) School of Design, Architecture and Art, as well as folk artists are creating four unique sets of art kits with sequential skill-based art instruction videos...
by | Feb 4, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Coverage to Care (C2C) initiative has updated its COVID-19 resources to include information on vaccinations to encourage everyone to get the COVID-19 vaccine and booster. Both resources – Coronavirus and Your Health Coverage: Get the Basics and Stay Safe: Getting...
by | Feb 3, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not authorized or approved using ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 in humans and has cautioned about the potential risks of using ivermectin for COVID-19. This medication is FDA-approved to treat certain infections...
