by | Sep 12, 2022 | Cardiac Care, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Patient Safety
The Million Hearts® Learning Lab is hosting a bi-monthly learning series focused on cardiovascular disease prevention and management. The series is open to clinicians, quality improvement and other interested staff across the country, but with a focus on community...
by | Sep 12, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The consequences of falls are substantial, including serious injury, loss of independent living and limits on physical activity. In 2019, falls were the second leading cause of injury-related deaths in North Dakota and the leading cause of injury-related deaths in...
by | Sep 11, 2022 | Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
A simple stumble or slip can result in a serious injury or even death. Individuals 65 and older are at a higher risk for injury from a fall, which most often happens at home or at a residential care facility. Encouraging participation in evidence-based programs can...
by | Sep 9, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Patient Safety
The new U.S. COVID-19 boosters are combination, or “Bivalent,” shots. They contain half the original vaccine recipe and half for the protection against the newest omicron versions, called BA.4 and BA.5, that are considered the most contagious yet. The bivalent...
by | Sep 7, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
Fit & Strong! is an evidence-based physical activity/behavior change intervention that has been successfully implemented in multiple community-based settings. Fit & Strong! blends a multiple component exercise program with group problem solving/education using...
by | Sep 6, 2022 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, Success Story
Meet Darleen Gangl; she and her husband, Brad, live in Bottineau, North Dakota. She is an avid vintage Barbie collector and enjoys researching her family tree. Darleen is also a two-time sepsis survivor. Thirteen years ago, Darleen was diagnosed with necrotizing...
by | Sep 5, 2022 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Bacteria hitchhike and latch on to surfaces and hands, so reducing this risk, must be part of an organization’s Infection Prevention Control program. Infections in our older adult population have high mortality rates and contaminated environmental surfaces is...
by | Aug 31, 2022 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
One of the most important actions we can do in honor of Sepsis Awareness Month is to educate yourself and others about the different sepsis symptoms so that you know what to look out for. You could potentially save a life! Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and toxic...
by | Aug 31, 2022 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
Falls continue to be a national public health concern. Join the week of September 18-24 in a nationwide effort to raise awareness that falls are preventable. This is a perfect opportunity for healthcare workers and caregivers in North and South Dakota to learn how to...
by | Aug 30, 2022 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
Did you know that overdose deaths outnumber traffic fatalities in the US? Someone dies every 14 minutes from a drug overdose in this country.¹ The terrifying reality is that addiction can touch anyone, anywhere. During Overdose Awareness Week, we remember the lives...
