by Kelsey Olson | Oct 4, 2022 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
Amid the global pandemic, quality has taken center stage and more healthcare professionals are being called upon to do this critical work. The profession of healthcare quality has arrived at the intersection where preparation meets opportunity and healthcare has taken...
by Kelsey Olson | Oct 3, 2022 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Everyone knows bad habits are hard to break. Addiction is even more difficult. New vaping products have caused a major setback in the fight against tobacco and nicotine, especially among South Dakota’s youth. This Best Practice Brief series will provide information on...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 3, 2022 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
For most people, navigating the system to get help is often difficult, time consuming, and frustrating. Findhelp is a social care network that connects people and programs — making it easy to find local, county, state and national services and programs that are...
by Kelsey Olson | Sep 29, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) is offering a series of monthly Virtual Tabletop Exercises (VTTX). The VTTX program is an initiative intended to leverage technology and reach a large training audience. VTTX programs use a video teleconference platform (ZOOM)...
by Kelsey Olson | Sep 26, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is getting ready for flu season by launching their annual campaign, United Against the Flu, to help hospitals and health systems encourage their communities to stay healthy and protect themselves against the flu and COVID-19...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 26, 2022 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on our lives. For some, it is delayed medical care, isolation from friends and family, increased demands at work and home and so much more. We know we need to take care of ourselves to feel and be our best so that we can be the...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 22, 2022 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
This high prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders in the United States is a growing concern and has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the past-year prevalence of any mental illness among adults in the United States was 21%, meaning that...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 22, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Buprenorphine is a medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) as a medication-assisted treatment (MAT). As with all medications used in MAT, buprenorphine should be prescribed as part of a comprehensive treatment...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 21, 2022 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) National Standards guide health care providers in tailoring their services so they are responsive to the health beliefs, practices and needs of diverse individuals and communities. Using the CLAS framework can...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 20, 2022 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
New research reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®) 2022 covered the breadth of Alzheimer’s and dementia research, including the basic biology of aging and the brain, risk factors and prevention strategies, and caregiving and living...
