by Kelsey Olson | Jun 12, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
The National Health Equity: Grand Rounds hosted an event, Advancing Health Equity Through Resistance. The series was a platform for critical national conversations about complex topics in healthcare, designed to eliminate the root causes of present-day health...
by Kelsey Olson | Jun 10, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
As healthcare providers, when counseling patients about smoking or vaping cessation, we need to emphasize the immediate health benefits an individual can experience with quitting. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after more than 20...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 5, 2024 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Be sure to register for the 2024 North Dakota Immunization Conference taking place on June 18 and 19th at the Bismarck Event Center in Bismarck, North Dakota. A Motivational Interviewing Workshop is scheduled for June 20 focused on vaccinations to complement the...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 5, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Pharmacogenomic testing is a form of genetic testing that helps predict how an individual will respond to certain medications based on their genetic makeup. It involves analyzing variations in genes that affect drug metabolism, efficacy, and potential adverse...
by Keri McDermott | May 30, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Dr. Amy Boutwell developed The MVP (Multi-Visit Patient) Method after many years of assisting healthcare systems transform and improve their care delivery model and studying what worked best across a variety of settings. Per the Institute for Advancing Health Value,...
by Keri McDermott | May 22, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
Cardiac rehabilitation services hold significant value in improving the health outcomes and quality of life for individuals who have experienced cardiac events or have heart-related conditions. Cardiac rehabilitation services provide a comprehensive approach to...
by Keri McDermott | May 22, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Opioid and other drug-related toxicities continue to plague us. Individuals who are or recently were incarcerated are at very high risk of drug diversion, medication nonadherence, drug misuse and overdose upon their release. The ONE (the opioid and naloxone education)...
by Kelsey Olson | May 16, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Commercial tobacco use is still the number one cause of preventable death and individuals with behavioral health conditions and substance abuse disorders have significantly higher rates of tobacco use in comparison to the overall population. Tobacco Use Disorder is...
by Kelsey Olson | May 12, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Care of the patient living with end stage renal disease can be intimidating due to the complex interplay of dietary and fluid restrictions, medications, vascular access care, and dialysis treatments, often in the setting of other comorbid medical conditions. It is...
by Kelsey Olson | May 9, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
An analysis of outpatient antibiotic prescribing in the United States from 2017 through 2021 was recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study shows that rates of inappropriate prescribing returned to baseline levels following a brief drop at the...
