by | Feb 23, 2024 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Pneumonia is a common lung infection caused by germs, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. It can be a complication of the flu, but other viruses, bacteria and even fungi can cause pneumonia. Pneumonia and its symptoms can vary from mild to severe. Treatment depends...
by | Feb 20, 2024 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality of Care Transitions
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), is a type of bacterial infection that causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, and sometimes life-threatening complications. CDI has been most associated with antibiotic use, which can disrupt the normal balance of gut bacteria and...
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by | Feb 13, 2024 | Care Coordination, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Great Plains QIN team strives to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes. We work with partners and community coalitions to identify areas for improvement, which include reducing avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, including those caused by...
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 | Nov 30, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Clostridioides difficile is formerly known as Clostridium difficile – and often called C. difficile or C. diff. – is a germ (bacterium) that causes diarrhea and colitis (an inflammation of the colon). Most cases of C. diff infection occur while an...
by | Nov 27, 2023 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Pneumonia is the second most common cause of infection in nursing facilities. A seasonal increase in pneumonia occurs due to influenza and unfortunately, many nursing home residents do not survive. The most common pneumonia pathogens in the nursing facility are...
by | Nov 7, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
C. diff is a spore-forming, gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. According to the CDC, C. diff infection is estimated to cause almost half a million infections in the United States each year. Most cases of C....
by | Oct 26, 2023 | Care Coordination, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Project Firstline is an infection control training collaborative between the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). North Dakota Project Firstline offers virtual trainings, newsletters and...
by | Aug 30, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
We have moved our Focus 4 Health Sessions to Wednesdays at 12:15 pm – 12:45 pm CT Join our September Focus 4 Health Series: Strategies to Prevent Adverse Drug Events. During September, we will revisit the important topics of 1) Tactics to Reduce ADE’s with...
by | Aug 29, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast
Sepsis is the #1 admission and readmission diagnosis for North Dakota and South Dakota. It is important to understand how to identify and treat sepsis early. With sepsis, the chemicals from your body’s own defenses trigger inflammatory responses, which can...
