by sfredenburg | Aug 22, 2018 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Sepsis, Success Story |
Can’t find your car keys? Forgot why you walked into a room? Realized too late you were supposed to meet a friend or colleague? Most everyone has experienced these moments of memory lapse, especially during the back-to-school season when routines are altered and...
by gpqinadmin | Jul 9, 2018 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Home Health |
Proper training and education is key to ensuring accurate results as Kelly Haug, RN, Community Home Health, Onaga, KS, witnessed firsthand when abstracting data for the Home Health Cardiovascular Data Registry (HHCDR). Haug noticed missing and abnormal blood pressure...
by selsen | Jun 15, 2018 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Public Observances, QIO News |
June 14 – 21, 2018 is National Nursing Assistant’s Week Nursing assistants are key players in the lives of the people in their care and each nursing assistant is called to create an environment of caring for the elder and the worker as well. This week...
by selsen | May 11, 2018 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes, Home Health, Hospitals |
In skilled nursing care centers across the country, each person has a unique story to tell. That’s why Great Plains QIN is excited that the theme of this year’s National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW), formerly known as National Nursing Home Week, is “Celebrating...
by Keri McDermott | May 7, 2018 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health |
The brand new Home Health Quality Improvement’s (HHQI) Best Practice Intervention Package (BPIP) is now available.The Wound BPIP brings together evidence-based practices from leading expert organizations, such as the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN);...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 23, 2018 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health |
We recently launched the Home Health Infection Prevention Toolkit. The Toolkit contains resources and best practices to reduce Acute Care Hospitalization (ACH) or Emergency Department (ED) visits related to wound, urinary tract and respiratory infections. The primary...
by sfredenburg | Apr 9, 2018 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety |
Originally published in the South Dakota Medicine Journal, April 2018 By: Stephan Schroeder, MD, CMD, CMQ Medical Director, South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care The potential for harm in medical care has been known since Hippocrates. The principle of patient...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 3, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Meaningful Use, Medication Safety, Quality Payment Program, Sepsis |
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network – Nebraska invites you to attend the 15th annual Nebraska Healthcare Quality Forum. Register Now Thursday, June 7, 2018 Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center – LaVista, Nebraska Access the Registration Brochure...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 3, 2018 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health |
Infections in the home care setting are not uncommon, yet there are few tools and resources specifically designed for the home care professional. To help address this need and make care safer, the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network Home Health Infection...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 30, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes, Home Health, Hospitals, Quality Payment Program |
A new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine shows almost 70 percent of antibiotic prescriptions for sinus infections are for 10 days, which is longer than the clinical practice guidelines recommend. In addition, more than 20...
by sfredenburg | Mar 12, 2018 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes, Home Health |
Individuals with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other cognitive and physical challenges often struggle to reconnect and engage with others. The Music and Memory Program uses personalized playlists to trigger deep memories and improve the ability to converse, socialize and...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health |
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network recently helped the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign welcome its 20,000th participant and 6,000th home health agency to the initiative. The HHQI National Campaign is a quality improvement program of the...
