Rolling out Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Providers
The misuse of prescribed and non-prescribed opioids has led to a rise in deaths and created a ripple effect for increased hospitalization and healthcare costs. Although education, resources, and policies have been developed for prescribing opioid medication,...
Opioid Prescribing Rate Maps for Great Plains QIN States Available
Many individuals and families in the United States are adversely affected by the opioid crisis, often from misuse of prescription opioids. While the epidemic of opioid misuse, overdose, and death is a multifaceted crisis, changing the management of pain towards...
Discharge Checklist Improves Medication Reconciliation and Post-Acute Handoff
Health Leaders recently reported that a new discharge checklist to improve discharge summaries and medication reconciliation implemented at the Cleveland Clinic increased the main campus’ completion rate for medication reconciliation from 88% to 98.7% and increased...
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is April 27
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday, April 27, 2019. The goal of this event is to provide consumers a safe, convenient and responsible way to dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs. The last Take-Back Day brought in more than 900,000 pounds...
North Dakota Quality Forum to Celebrate Successes from Across the Care Continuum
Healthcare and community service professionals from across North Dakota will gather on May 23, 2019, for Quality Health Associates of North Dakota’s annual Quality Forum. The Forum will be held in four locations—Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot— to accommodate...
Addiction and Opioid Use Training Equips HealthCare Professionals
The slide from prescription to addiction can be a fast ride and result in unintended and devastating consequences for families and communities. The impact of opioid overdose and abuse spread so broadly and so quickly that the United States Department of Health and...
CMS Expands Opioid Mapping Tool
Escalating use of prescription opioids for pain management has contributed to the opioid epidemic through misuse and overuse. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an expanded version of the Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool to ensure that...
Patient Education and Communication Leads to Better Medication Adherence
On February 5, Patient Engagement HIT reported that strong communication between patients and providers, patient education and reduced costs help patients better manage their medications, according to a survey from DrFirst. More than half of the 200 patients surveyed...
Acute Pain Relief Rx Pad Resource Now Available
Each year in the United States, there are an estimated 141.4 million visits to the Emergency Department (ED), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.¹ Pain is the top reason for these encounters, with one study showing pain as a chief complaint in...
CDC Releases Evidence-based Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose
Learn what’s working in the United States. Every day, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids.¹ The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl—is a serious...![Reducing Chronic Pain through Evidence-Based Programs [NCOA Issue Brief]](https://i0.wp.com/greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/females-doc-pt1280x300-1.jpg?resize=1080%2C300&ssl=1)