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by Kelsey Olson | Feb 13, 2024 | Care Coordination, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Great Plains QIN team strives to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes. We work with partners and community coalitions to identify areas for improvement, which include reducing avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, including those caused by...
by Kelsey Olson | Feb 13, 2024 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The power of cultural humility is endless and it is important to recognize and embrace the diversity of cultures and languages that exist around us. Dakota Children’s’ Advocacy Center partnered with Prevent Child Abuse ND (PCAND) to host a virtual series...
by Kelsey Olson | Feb 13, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Engaging in physical activity is incredibly important for maintaining overall health, yet individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) often find themselves less likely to participate physical activities. Maintaining moderate-intensity physical activities may provide...
by Kelsey Olson | Feb 8, 2024 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains QIN has created four unique Valentines Day Posters that were developed for use in your organization to promote the COVID vaccination with a Valentine’s Day theme. Please print and post in your lobby, break room or hallways. Thank you for all you do to...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 29, 2024 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses can guide clinical management, including appropriate antiviral treatment, particularly in persons at higher risk for progression to severe disease from COVID-19 and influenza, regardless of vaccination status....
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 26, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, clinicians no longer need a federal waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder. However, clinicians are still required to register with the federal Drug Enforcement...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 22, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
As we continue to explore emergency department (ED) visits by individuals struggling with behavioral health concerns, we cannot miss the fact that many of these visits are related to opiate use. The research overwhelmingly supports the need to start medication...
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 22, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women. For too long, heart disease and stroke have taken the lives of the women we love. February 2, 2024, National Wear Red Day® is the icon day of American Heart Month. On the first Friday in February, join us as we...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 17, 2024 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Mark your Calendars: CMS Physicians, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Office Open Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, January 24, 2024. The Rural Health Open Door Forum has been rescheduled; will now be held on Thursday, February 29, 2024. Mark your calendars.....
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 16, 2024 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
Join the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Department of Public Health for the webinar, Vaccination Perceptions and Behaviors Among Older Adults in North Dakota. Everyone is welcome to attend! This Webinar is part of the NDSU Public Health Seminar Series. Tuesday,...
