by | Aug 31, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
CDC Marks International Overdose Awareness Day with New Research on Benzodiazepine Overdose August 31, 2021, marks International Overdose Awareness Day. It’s a day to remember and grieve those we’ve lost and to strengthen resolve to end overdose injuries and deaths....
by | Aug 30, 2021 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Dakota Geriatrics, in partnership with the North Dakota Long Term Care Academy (ND Pharmacists Assn) and the John Hopkins University GWEP will be offering a webinar, Interprofessional Collaborative Efforts to Deprescribe Medications In Long-Term Care. Monday,...
by | Jul 12, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
The CDC Drug Overdose and Opioid websites have both been revamped! ⇒The Drug Overdose Website now features: All drug, nonfatal and fatal overdose data Funded recipient information, resources and tools Portal to all of CDC’s overdose prevention subsites (Opioids, Drug...
by | Jul 1, 2021 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality
AHRQ’s new Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care offers a step-by-step approach to help facilities start or revitalize an antibiotic stewardship program. Using the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making, facilities can identify critical time periods...
by | Jun 23, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
A visit to the pharmacy is a common and frequent occurrence for individuals managing any acute or chronic health care condition. Pharmacists continue to expand their services and expertise beyond medication dispensing to include...
by | Jun 23, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Before initiating use of antibiotics, it is important to pause and review all relevant clinical and laboratory data and then weigh the potential benefit versus harm of initiating antibiotic therapy. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ’s) Four...
by | Jun 1, 2021 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is recruiting hospitals, ambulatory clinics and post-acute settings to join their next Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community, convening this September 2021. Join on Thursday, June 10, at 11 am CT to learn about the...
by | May 26, 2021 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Despite progress, drug overdose remains a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), overdoses involving prescription and illicit opioids take the lives of 136 people every day. The...
by | May 25, 2021 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Medication Safety Action Group: Ask the Experts This Medication Safety Action Group provides an opportunity to ask questions and seek assistance about medication safety methods and treatment processes. This session builds on the May 18 event: Medication Safety – What...
by | May 3, 2021 | Featured, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
CDC released new resources to support healthcare executives in their ongoing efforts to improve safety related to opioid prescribing. The Creating a Culture of Safety for Opioid Prescribing: A Handbook for Healthcare Executives contains insights and advice from...
