by Keri McDermott | Jan 26, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The team from the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) will discuss Medicated Assisted Treatment, stigma, resources and motivational interviewing. This Webinar will help you better understand what is available for substance use disorder in...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 17, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
According to the CDC, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and drug poisonings in the 12-month period ending in January 2022. A staggering 67 percent of those deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Some of these deaths were attributed...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 10, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
If an individual is thinking about treatment for a substance abuse disorder, he or she is already making a move towards recovery. Fortunately, there are many programs and treatment centers available to help. More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses between...
by Kelsey Olson | Jan 3, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Did you know? The number of drug overdose deaths increased by nearly 30% from 2019 to 2020 and has quintupled since 1999. Nearly 75% of the 91,799 drug overdose deaths in 2020 involved an opioid. 187 people die every day from an opioid overdose.¹ Medical personnel,...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 27, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
The January 2023 Series begins this Friday (January 6) and will focus on Opioids and Adverse Drug Events. You can register for the Opioid session or Adverse Drug Event session (or both). Click Here to Register for our January Series Our Friday Focus 4 Health Series...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 21, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Substance abuse: the use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs or alcohol for purposes other than those for which they are meant to be used, or in excessive amounts. Substance abuse may lead to social, physical, emotional and...
by Kelsey Olson | Dec 9, 2022 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
We recently launched our Friday Focus For Health Series. This Series is intended to jump start or augment your current quality improvement efforts. Participants will connect across the Dakotas for a diverse and collaborative learning experience designed to improve...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 29, 2022 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Earlier this month, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Burgum hosted the sixth Recovery Reinvented, a daylong in-person and online event focused on reinventing recovery through eliminating the stigma of the disease of addiction. The event took...
by Kelsey Olson | Nov 28, 2022 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety
Series Launch: Join Us! Tuesday, December 6, 2022 | 3:00 p.m. CT Register Today Our Friday Focus 4 Health Series is intended to jump start or augment your current quality improvement efforts. Participants will connect across the Dakotas for a diverse and collaborative...
by Kelsey Olson | Nov 21, 2022 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
According to the CDC, more than 61 million Americans live in rural areas. Rural residents tend to be older and in poorer health than their urban counterparts and rural communities often face challenges with access to care, financial viability and the important link...
