by Keri McDermott | Aug 30, 2019 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
Register to join CMS for a public meeting on the development of an Action Plan to Prevent Opioid Addiction and Enhance Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (SUPPORT Act). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responding to the opioid epidemic by...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 26, 2019 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Quality Payment Program
Learn More about Reporting Requirements for Query of PDMP Bonus Measure for 2019 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program In 2019, the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) finalized a new measure...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 23, 2019 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
Healthcare professionals strive every day to provide patients with the most effective, safe and beneficial care possible. The healthcare industry works hard to create the best care delivery within each practice setting and area of responsibility. However, it is when...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 19, 2019 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
REMINDER: Pain Management and Opioid Oversight WebEx Pain management and opioid oversight: Ensuring quality, safety and compliance The Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety is hosting a WebEx on the timely topic of antibiotic stewardship and pain management; focusing...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 30, 2019 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
United States drug overdose deaths last year dropped for the first time in nearly 2 decades, federal health officials reported. Access the National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Rapid Release report. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 26, 2019 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Success Story
Data-Driven Opioid Guardianship: A Health Care System’s Blueprint for Change Drug overdose is the leading cause of death in the United States and opioid addiction is driving this epidemic. In 2016, over 214 million prescriptions were written for opioids. On...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 26, 2019 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
Pain management and opioid oversight: Ensuring quality, safety and compliance The Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety is hosting a WebEx on the timely topic of antibiotic stewardship and pain management; focusing on implementation, policies and prescribing...
by sfredenburg | Jul 19, 2019 | Care Coordination, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
Good habits are hard to form and bad habits are hard to break. Even with a strong motive, basic lifestyle changes are a challenge for most people. Individuals newly diagnosed with diabetes face the added layer of monitoring blood sugar levels and/or managing...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 11, 2019 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Meaningful Use, Medication Safety, Quality Payment Program, Sepsis
The message below was sent to all Great Plains Quality Innovation Network LAN Partners on Monday, July 5. Passing along again in case you missed it. The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN) is entering a transition phase as the Centers for Medicare &...
by Geneal Roth | Jul 8, 2019 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. According to the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs with a majority of abused prescription drugs being obtained from family...
by Nikki Divis | Jul 1, 2019 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
Every day, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids¹. The misuse of and addiction to opioids – including prescription pain relievers, heroin and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl – is a serious national crisis that...
by Geneal Roth | Jun 4, 2019 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
Preventable harm in healthcare is a public health crisis, with estimates placing it as a leading cause of death in the United States.1-4 Many adverse events leading to patient harm could have been prevented if appropriate safety protocols and clinical guidelines were...
