by | Sep 11, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Fostering a culture of patient safety within our healthcare organizations is critical to ensuring that our patients and residents have the safest care possible. This webinar will provide an overview of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Surveys on...
by | Sep 9, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
Is your organization meeting the National CLAS Standard 15? Standard 15 | Communicate the organization’s progress in implementing and sustaining CLAS to all stakeholders, constituents and the general public Purpose | Standard 15 helps to convey information to...
by | Sep 5, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Is your organization meeting the National CLAS Standard 14? Standard 14 | Create conflict and grievance resolution processes that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to identify, prevent, and resolve conflicts or complaints. Purpose |...
by | Sep 5, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are the most frequently diagnosed infection in long-term care residents. Approximately 10 million visits to healthcare providers are due to UTIs each year in the United States. UTIs account for over one-third of all nursing...
by | Aug 31, 2023 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists recently released a new hypoglycemia management protocol for long-term care, including assisted living, to help reduce Emergency Department (ED) admissions and potential lengthy hospital stays for residents. Older adults...
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 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
There are several high-risk medications that can lead to an adverse drug event (ADE). The classes of medications that we need to be aware of when it comes to ADEs include anticoagulation’s, opioids, antidiabetics, antipsychotics and antibiotics. High-alert...
by | Aug 29, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
Is your organization meeting the National CLAS Standard 13? Standard 13 | Partner with the community to design, implement and evaluate policies, practices and services to ensure cultural and linguistic appropriateness. Purpose | Helps to provide responsive and...
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...
by | Aug 29, 2023 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety, Public Observances
August 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose. It’s a day to remember loved ones who have died from drug overdose and acknowledge the grief of family and friends left behind. International...
