by | Jul 15, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows a rise in medication use among older Americans living at home. The research found the percentage of people taking five or more medications (polypharmacy) increased significantly from 23.6 percent (in 1999...
by | Jul 8, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
The opioid epidemic refers to the widespread misuse of both prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs in the United States and other countries. This crisis has led to a significant increase in opioid overdoses and deaths, along with profound social and economic...
by | Jul 3, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
An adverse drug event (ADE) is “an injury resulting from the use of a drug.” Under this definition, the term adverse drug event includes harm caused by the drug (adverse drug reactions and overdoses) and harm from the use of the drug. ADE’s may result from...
by | Jul 2, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to highlight the unique strengths and challenges faced by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in relation to mental health. Named in honor of Bebe Moore Campbell, a journalist, teacher, author...
by | Jun 19, 2024 | Care Coordination, CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) and Division of Tribal Affairs (DTA) recently shared the newly updated Coverage to Care (C2C) Roadmap to Better Care: Tribal Version, to better address the specific health needs of...
by | Jun 19, 2024 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
The South Dakota Department of Health – Tobacco Control Program recently updated the Tobacco Control Orientation Toolkit. This is a self-guided tutorial that provides the information and resources necessary to understand why tobacco use is considered the #1...
by | Jun 10, 2024 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
As healthcare providers, when counseling patients about smoking or vaping cessation, we need to emphasize the immediate health benefits an individual can experience with quitting. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after more than 20...
by | Jun 5, 2024 | Care Coordination, CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Billing issues related to COVID-19 vaccines can arise due to various factors, such as insurance coverage, government reimbursement policies, and administrative errors. The second round of 23-24 updated COVID-19 vaccines are upon us. To try to alleviate issues with...
by | Jun 4, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
In North Dakota and South Dakota, sepsis is the #1 admission and readmission diagnosis. With sepsis, time is of the essence. For every hour of delayed treatment, the risk of death increases by between 4 and 9 percent.¹ Experts say that 80 percent of sepsis deaths...
by | May 31, 2024 | Care Coordination, CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
The CMS Office of Minority Health has released a new resource document of health equity-related data definitions, standards, and stratification practices that can be used by organizations/entities such as providers, states, community organizations, and others that...
