by | Sep 18, 2023 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Patient Safety
The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Vaccination Team will be hosting multiple webinars to review important changes to the surveillance definition of ‘up-to-date’ with COVID-19 vaccines for long-term care facilities reporting vaccination data and...
by | Sep 12, 2023 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
With fall and winter approaching, viruses are going to be at their all time high of the year. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared its yearly flu shot recommendations, urging older adults to get the vaccine. The Advisory Committee on...
by | Sep 5, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Join the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) and Dr. Sean O’Leary for the webinar, Strategies for Communicating with Vaccine-Hesitant Parents. Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm CT Who’s Invited:...
by | Aug 25, 2023 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
As a healthcare provider, you play a crucial role in promoting and administering immunizations for older adults. Immunizations are essential in protecting older adults from preventable diseases and improving their overall health and quality of life. Catch up on the...
by | Aug 9, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
As a healthcare provider, you play a crucial role in promoting and administering immunizations for older adults. Immunizations are essential in protecting older adults from preventable diseases and improving their overall health and quality of life. Attend this...
by | Aug 7, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
C. diff is a spore-forming, Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Diseases that can result from C. diff infection (CDI) are pseudomembranous colitis, toxic megacolon, perforations of the colon, sepsis and death....
by | Aug 7, 2023 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor mobile app, recently developed by the The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), helps providers quickly and easily determine which pneumococcal vaccines an individual needs and when. Use the app to eliminate the challenge of...
by | Jul 31, 2023 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Public Observances
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). This annual observance highlights the efforts to protect people of all ages against vaccine-preventable diseases through on-time vaccination. This year, NIAM serves as a focal point to get back on track with...
by | Jul 31, 2023 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Immunizations, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Friday Focus 4 Health August Series begins on August 4, 2023 Looking at Immunizations Through A Different Lens | 12:15 – 12:45 pm CT Our Friday Focus 4 Health Series is intended to jump start or augment your current quality improvement efforts. Participants will...
by | Jul 16, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Attend this free Webinar, hosted by the NDSU Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) Program. Paul Carson, MD, FACP, will share more about vaccine safety surveillance systems and the approach to ensure vaccine safety in the United States. July 26, 2023...
