by Keri McDermott | Feb 3, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not authorized or approved using ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 in humans and has cautioned about the potential risks of using ivermectin for COVID-19. This medication is FDA-approved to treat certain infections...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 1, 2022 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
February is American Heart Month. As a health care professional or clinician, you are very aware of the dangers of hypertension. It can increase an individual’s risk for heart disease and stroke and negatively affect other health outcomes. This toolkit,...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 31, 2022 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
An overwhelming 55 percent of front-line health care workers are reporting burnout¹. Burnout is rarely an individual issue alone. Dr. Andrew McLean, MD, MPH; Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences,...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 28, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published new pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adults 19 years or older who have not previously received a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or whose previous vaccination history is unknown. CDC now...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 25, 2022 | Cardiac Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Every year more than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease¹. The number one cause of deaths for most groups, heart disease affects all ages, genders and ethnicities. Risk factors include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and excessive alcohol...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 25, 2022 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
This 2-hour, self-paced course offers education on how to identify and eliminate health disparities in your organization. The course will help your organization prioritize the elimination of disparities as a cross-cutting initiative to improve the quality of care for...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 25, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Healthcare professionals are patients’ and parents’ most-trusted source of information on vaccines¹. Motivational interviewing allows us to serve as an objective partner when it comes to decision making. Why does it work for vaccine hesitancy? Those that are in the...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 19, 2022 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 1:00 pm CT Register Today Healthcare providers and stakeholders are invited to join Kepro for a Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) Program webinar. Kepro is the BFCC-QIO for 29 states. Kepro...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Jenifer Lauckner is the newest member of the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network team; she will be supporting nursing homes and communities as a Quality Improvement Advisor. My work experience…I worked at St. Andrew’s Health Center, a Critical Access Hospital,...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 18, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
109 organizations have been recognized as a COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador. This is something to CELEBRATE. Great Plains Quality Innovation Network launched our COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador Program to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and recognize...
