by Keri McDermott | 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 Keri McDermott | Jan 25, 2022 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Every year more than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease¹. The number one cause of deaths for most groups, heart disease affects all ages, genders and ethnicities. Risk factors include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and excessive alcohol...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 25, 2022 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
This 2-hour, self-paced course offers education on how to identify and eliminate health disparities in your organization. The course will help your organization prioritize the elimination of disparities as a cross-cutting initiative to improve the quality of care for...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 25, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Healthcare professionals are patients’ and parents’ most-trusted source of information on vaccines¹. Motivational interviewing allows us to serve as an objective partner when it comes to decision making. Why does it work for vaccine hesitancy? Those that are in the...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 11, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
By the end of this decade, all members of the Baby Boomer generation will be at least age 65. Remaining in their home as they age is a priority. Unfortunately, most homes lack key design elements to address mobility limitations commonly experienced by older adults....
by Keri McDermott | Jan 11, 2022 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
There are 37.2 million Americans living in poverty, an increase of 3.3 million people since 2019. In 2020, racial and ethnic minorities continued to be disproportionately affected by poverty, with Black (19.5%) and Hispanic (17%) Americans shown to have poverty rates...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 7, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released another COVID-related rural resource that may be of interest. A “Rural Considerations” addendum was recently added to its field guide for conducting a Rapid Community Assessment (RCA). An RCA is a...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 4, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
To help uninsured individuals find providers who may provide services at no cost, view a list of providers who have voluntarily participated in HRSA’s Uninsured Program. Providers who participate in and are reimbursed from the HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program for...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2021 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Effective communication is critical to ensuring understanding, empowering patients and providing high-quality care. A language access plan can help ensure that an organization provides high quality and appropriate language services. A language access plan can also...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 14, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Submitted by Wendy Schmidt, MBS, BAN, RN, Senior Learning and Development Specialist at Sanford Health Bismarck implemented a Community Health Worker (CHW) program in January 2021. With almost a year of experience, this role is showing early, but promising, impact on...
