Effectively Integrating Substance Use Disorder Services into Primary Care – May 25, 2023

Effectively Integrating Substance Use Disorder Services into Primary Care – May 25, 2023

Thursday, May 25 |  10:00 am – 2:30 pm CT Clinical staff serving American Indian & Alaska Native people are invited to participate in the Effectively Integrating Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Services into Primary Care virtual training. Learn more. This...
Opioid Prescribing Updated, Adverse Reactions Flagged

Opioid Prescribing Updated, Adverse Reactions Flagged

The FDA has made several updates to its opioid prescribing information, including new warnings about the possibility for increased pain, which can lead to dangerous adverse reactions, such as respiratory depression. Visit the FDA site for updates on prescribing...
Up Your Protection From Infections I Friday Focus 4 Health May Series

Up Your Protection From Infections I Friday Focus 4 Health May Series

The Friday Focus 4 Health May Series begins on May 5, 2023 Up Your Protection From Infections | 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 connect across the...
Up Your Protection From Infections I Friday Focus 4 Health May Series

Friday Focus 4 Health I Life’s Essential 8™ Tools for Quality Improvement

Our Friday Focus 4 Health April Series will feature the Life’s Essential 8™ guidelines, tools and application to improve quality and health outcomes for our patients and residents in the Dakotas. This week we will begin to look into how these tools can be utilized for...
Biden-⁠Harris Administration Designates Fentanyl Combined with Xylazine as an Emerging Threat to the United States

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Designates Fentanyl Combined with Xylazine as an Emerging Threat to the United States

Xylazine’s growing role in overdose deaths nationwide prompts Administration to make this designation for the first time in U.S. history. Access the White House Brief Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), has...
How Can We Help Someone Dependent on Opioids Who No Longer Wants To Be?

How Can We Help Someone Dependent on Opioids Who No Longer Wants To Be?

During our March Friday Focus 4 Health Series, we have talked a lot about strategies for opioid misuse and best practices. We have touched on how easy it is for someone to become dependent on these medications and have accidental overdoses. Our team has also provided...
Life’s Essential 8™: Key Measures That Can Lead to a Lifetime of Good Health

Life’s Essential 8™: Key Measures That Can Lead to a Lifetime of Good Health

Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. Addressing the drivers of health disparities, including the social determinants of health, structural racism, and rural health inequities, is the only way to truly achieve equitable health and well-being...