by Kelsey Olson | Jun 28, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety
The South Dakota Area Health Education Center is excited to again host the fifth annual Mission: Possible | Advancing Action Against Substance Use Together conference. This year’s conference will shine a spotlight on substance use, fostering critical...
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 Kelsey Olson | Jun 4, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
In North Dakota and South Dakota, sepsis is the #1 admission and readmission diagnosis. With sepsis, time is of the essence. For every hour of delayed treatment, the risk of death increases by between 4 and 9 percent.¹ Experts say that 80 percent of sepsis deaths...
by Kelsey Olson | May 30, 2024 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety
More than 1 million Medicare beneficiaries had a diagnosis of opioid use disorder in 2020.1 However, fewer than 1 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries with an opioid use disorder (OUD) diagnosis received medication to treat this condition. In addition, the number of patients...
by Kelsey Olson | May 28, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Addressing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of dying patients includes management of their pain. But how have increasing concerns and policies that target opioid misuse impacted their pain management options? The American Medical Association...
by Kelsey Olson | May 22, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Pneumonia is the one of the most common healthcare-associated infection in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), non-ventilator healthcare associated pneumonia (NV-HAP) is estimated to make up 65% of all...
by Kelsey Olson | May 9, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Since May is High Blood Pressure Education Month, what better way to teach your patients about their blood pressure than to implement self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring in your practice? The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) for...
by Kelsey Olson | May 9, 2024 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
May is Older Americans’ Month. The Alzheimer’s Association shares the following evidence on risk factors to promote healthy aging and reduce the risk for cognitive decline and dementia as we age. There are still many unanswered questions and significant...
