by | Aug 9, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Best Practice Brief → Prioritizing the Mental Wellbeing of Youth in the Black Hills | August 12, 2021 | 12:00 PM CT The Community Health Center of the Black Hills recognized a need for mental health care for youth in their service area. The pandemic magnified the...
by | Aug 9, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Are you struggling to have productive conversations with family members, loved ones and employees on the benefit of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine? Have you relayed data and facts, used pressure tactics and mandates and still hitting road blocks? If so, have you...
by | Jul 27, 2021 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Pathways to Safer Opioid Use is an interactive training that promotes the appropriate, safe and effective use of opioids to manage chronic pain. It’s based on the opioid-related recommendations in the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention (ADE Action...
by | Jul 27, 2021 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety
Evidence-based decision making to inform disease prevention and control The global impact of COVID-19, increasing health disparities, and the growth of science-based interventions demand the use of proven strategies to provide the opportunity for the health of every...
by | Jul 20, 2021 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Patient Safety
After a major health crisis or injury, many individuals struggle with daily life activities because their home lacks the proper safety and access features. The recently-formed Home Modification and Aging in Place (HMAIP) Awareness Project, a collaboration of the...
by | Jul 13, 2021 | Featured, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Every day, patients get infections in health care facilities while they are being treated for something else. These infections can have devastating emotional, financial and medical effects. Worst of all, they can be deadly. The CDC offers resources and tips that can...
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 17, 2021 | Featured, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Project Firstline recently announced the launch of two new Continuing Education (CE) courses on Infection Control, with additional courses scheduled for release throughout the summer. Course: Injection Safety: Learn how to safely use a multi-dose vial This educational...
by | Jun 16, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Uncategorized
Hand washing and mask wearing are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to infection prevention practices. While COVID-19 expanded awareness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Project Firstline (PFL) is working to ensure every health care...
by | Jun 8, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the launch of a first-of-its-kind national hotline to connect people with disabilities to information and services to improve access to COVID-19 vaccines. The Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) is now...
