by | Mar 18, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Truth Initiative’s news article The Difference Between Commercial Tobacco and Sacred Tobacco out lines how sacred tobacco is used by American Indians and Alaska Natives for centuries. This tobacco is used in many different natural products that differ in regions and...
by | Mar 18, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Communities That Care (CTC) is a community-based prevention system proven to reduce youth health and behavior problems community-wide. Most people want to help the young people in their community, but most do not know how. The CTC Framework focuses on utilizing...
by | Mar 17, 2024 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
This is a friendly reminder that the North Dakota Health Equity Training Initiative is still available for FREE. There are nine modules on health equity-related subject matter. Each training is available for continuing education contact hours (CEU) approved by the...
by | Mar 17, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Great Plains QIN Playbook for providing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) is intended for organizations who are just getting started and those who are well on their way. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) are services...
by | Mar 11, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Since its inception, the Alzheimer’s Association has been a leader in outlining principles and practices of quality care for individuals living with dementia. Early on, the Guidelines for Dignity described goals for quality care, followed by Key Elements of Dementia...
by | Mar 8, 2024 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
37.3 million Americans—or about 11.3% of the U.S. population—have diabetes.1 Diabetes Alert Day, observed on the fourth Tuesday of March each year, this year being March 26, serves as a wake-up call to raise awareness about the risks of diabetes. In 2024, as we mark...
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by | Mar 6, 2024 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Diabetes Care, Featured, Health Equity, Hospitals, Immunizations, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Great Plains QIN team strives to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes. We work with partners and community coalitions to identify areas for improvement, which include reducing avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, including those caused by...
by | Mar 6, 2024 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Kepro is the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (also referred to as a BFCC-QIO) for 29 states, including North Dakota and South Dakota. Kepro helps people who are on Medicare – and their families and caregivers – to file...
by | Mar 1, 2024 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
March 10 – 16 is Patient Safety Awareness Week; an annual recognition event to grow awareness about patient safety and to recognize the work being done to reduce harm. Properly engaging patients, caregivers, and providers; integrating quality improvement...
by | Mar 1, 2024 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes extreme mood swings, including emotional highs (hypomania and mania) and lows (depression). These mood swings can affect sleep, energy, activity, judgment, behavior, and the ability to think clearly. In honor of Bipolar...
