by Keri McDermott | Aug 17, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
September 21, 2021 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon MT Healthcare providers and professionals are invited to attend a joint effort of South Dakota State University Extension and VA Black Hills Health Care System Caregiver Summit to learn about Inclusive Care on September 21...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 17, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
Suicide claims more lives than traffic accidents and exceeds the number of homicides more than twice. As the number of deaths by suicide continues to increase, it has become a necessary public health issue to be addressed within health care. Although most individuals...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 17, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
The CDC has released new data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant people and is recommending all people 12 years of age and older, including pregnant people, get vaccinated against COVID-19. Access the August 11 media release Let all people who are...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 16, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
As efforts continue to increase staff vaccination rates in long term care, the American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) has created new materials to help support long-term care providers. Three new handouts...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 9, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) developed the Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) to enhance existing resources to support the identification of racial and ethnic minority communities at...
by Keri McDermott | 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 Keri McDermott | 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 Keri McDermott | Aug 9, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Targeted COVID-19 Training for Frontline Nursing Home Staff and Management is a great resource for nursing home staff to put the latest information regarding infection control, COVID-19 preparedness,...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 4, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
Access the CDC COVID Data Tracker for access to maps, charts, and data from the CDC on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and issues related to COVID-19. Includes data on vaccinations, cases, deaths and hospitalizations for each county and cases and deaths nationally for...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 3, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). This annual observance highlights the efforts of healthcare professionals to protect patients of all ages against vaccine-preventable diseases through on-time vaccination. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all...
