by Keri McDermott | Mar 18, 2021 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
As blood circulates through every major organ, it becomes a key source of information for how well the body is functioning. A routine schedule to screen and test for high blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels can help manage, and even prevent, a...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 15, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
This week, March 14 – 20, we celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week, an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. During this week, important discussions locally and globally are happening to inspire action...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 15, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Quality Care Coalition
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on racial and minority populations, including American Indian and Alaska Native communities. National Minority Health Month in April raises awareness of health disparities among racial and minority populations....
by Keri McDermott | Mar 9, 2021 | Featured, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Changes in how the body functions are clear as individuals increase in age. These changes also impact the effects of medication ranging from common over-the-counter cold medicines to prescriptions used to manage chronic disease and mental health concerns. Previously...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 2, 2021 | Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Patient Safety Awareness Week [March 14 – 20, 2021] is observed to acknowledge the need to improve care safety throughout the healthcare system and to celebrate efforts to improve care. Preventing harm in health care is a public health concern. Everyone...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 1, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Visit our new Web page – Vaccinations – for resources on vaccine confidence, handling and storage, billing and coding as well as educational opportunities. Our team is working to identify and showcase tools that will be of value to healthcare providers and...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 1, 2021 | Featured, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
March 9, 2021 at 12 p.m. CT Get Registered Presented by: Lindsey Dahl, MD Geriatric Medicine- Internal Medicine, Sanford Health, Fargo, ND Why attend? Because you will… • Learn about the key components of the 4Ms Framework • Improve geriatric care for older adults at...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition, Uncategorized
Medications can be lifesaving treatments that change the world. Unfortunately, if not used properly, medications can also lead to adverse events. In fact, Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) account for over 1 million emergency department visits a year and about 350,000...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
This Patient Safety Chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). This report, prepared by AHRQ, presents trends for measures related to access to care, affordable care, care...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes. Healthy People 2030 uses a place-based framework that outlines five key areas of SDOH: Healthcare access...