by Kelsey Olson | Feb 26, 2024 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) and Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, Your Local Epidemiologist, have hosted a webinar, From Elimination to Resurgence: The challenges of controlling vaccine-preventable disease in a...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 23, 2024 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Pneumonia is a common lung infection caused by germs, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. It can be a complication of the flu, but other viruses, bacteria and even fungi can cause pneumonia. Pneumonia and its symptoms can vary from mild to severe. Treatment depends...
by Kelsey Olson | Feb 20, 2024 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Vaccines have greatly reduced diseases that once routinely harmed or killed children and adults. People all over the world—including in the United States—still become seriously ill or even die from diseases that vaccines can help prevent. It is important that you stay...
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 | Feb 6, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
View Lynde Monson, PharmD, BCPS, as she navigates us through the latest immunization updates and details how immunizations prevent antibiotic use. The recording is available to be viewed on the CAP Center website and there is CE available! Access the Recording ...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 2, 2024 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
North Dakota State University’s Center for Collaboration and Advancement in Pharmacy (CAP) has implemented vaccine champions, or “VaxChamps”, which have been successful at increasing vaccination rates in North Dakota. This model identifies and trains a nurse to...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 29, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Join Immunize South Dakota for the next Online & in-the-know session. The presenter will share the Autism Society’s practical tips to improve vaccine confidence by employing strategies to reduce stress when vaccinating neurodiverse patients. From this...
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 23, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center (RM-PHTC), which is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is offering a total of $60,000 in funding to up to 12 organizations to offer leadership learning opportunities to professionals...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 18, 2024 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Join this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) webinar to hear directly from nursing home teams that have developed successful strategies to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and fatigue,...
