by Keri McDermott | 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 Keri McDermott | May 18, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Second Annual Dementia Friendly Healthcare and Community Symposium June 16, 2021 | 8:15 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. CT Via Zoom Webinar FREE learning opportunity for providers, healthcare professionals and community workers with national experts on dementia practices. The...
by Keri McDermott | May 18, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
Research from multiple studies shows the profound effect personalized music can have on individuals with deteriorating brain function such as those with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other types of cognitive loss. Music & Memory® is an organization equipped to train...
by Keri McDermott | May 18, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
You will soon see some new faces on the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (GPQIN) team. Natasha Green, MBA, BSN, and Lisa Thorp, BSN, CDCES have joined the Great Plains Quality Care Coalition team to provide expertise and support to coalition members. Employed...
by Keri McDermott | May 11, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the world with many challenges; arguably, the impact has been greatest on those who reside and provide care in our long-term care settings. Vaccinations give us hope that we can turn the page and no longer fear COVID-19 and it’s...
by Keri McDermott | May 10, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Still Undecided About the COVID-19 Vaccine? Doctors Answer Your Questions Thursday, May 13 | 7:00 – 8:00 pm (CT) – via ZOOM The speakers will be discussing why individuals should receive a COVID-19 vaccine and addressing COVID-19 vaccine in women and in...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 27, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Vaccination is the key to ending this pandemic. A vaccine protects the individual vaccinated, but also protects those we provide care for; particularly individuals at increased risk for severe illness. Great Plains QIN wants to celebrate and recognize organizations...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 27, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Ideas. Connections. Solutions. Hosted by the Morehouse School of Medicine/National COVID-19 Resiliency Network You are invited to lend your voice to share your ideas and local leadership as we work together toward community recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic. You may...
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by Keri McDermott | Apr 20, 2021 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
During National Minority Health Month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) will host The Road to Equity: Examining Structural Racism in Health Care – a two-day virtual forum to explore the advancement of health equity...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 19, 2021 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network was asked to share this letter with healthcare providers and community partners in the Dakotas on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the egregious and...
