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Reminder: Update Your Address Book [Our Emails are Changing]

Reminder: Update Your Address Book [Our Emails are Changing]

by Keri McDermott | Oct 31, 2019 | Uncategorized

All members of the Great Plains QIN team will have an updated email address using the following format:...
Healthcare Quality Week 2019 – We Celebrate You!

Healthcare Quality Week 2019 – We Celebrate You!

by Keri McDermott | Oct 24, 2019 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Public Observances, Uncategorized

Healthcare Quality Week (HQW), brought to you by National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ), is the week dedicated to celebrating the contributions professionals have made to improve healthcare quality. It also gives us an opportunity to bring greater...
September is Pain Awareness Month

September is Pain Awareness Month

by Keri McDermott | Sep 18, 2019 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Public Observances, Uncategorized

Prescription opioids can be an effective form of pain management, but they are not always the only option. It is important to understand the potential benefits and risks before you begin taking medications. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is...
National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Campaign Changes

National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Campaign Changes

by Keri McDermott | Jul 15, 2019 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Uncategorized

Passing along pertinent information from the The National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Campaign team. In September 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractors continued the work of the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing...
National Care Transitions Awareness Day and National Healthcare Decisions Day Recognized

National Care Transitions Awareness Day and National Healthcare Decisions Day Recognized

by Geneal Roth | Apr 16, 2019 | Care Coordination, Featured, Public Observances, Uncategorized

Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted the first annual National Care Transitions Awareness Day to highlight how beneficiaries, families and caregivers and every member of the healthcare team (e.g., community partners, healthcare system...
#MyHospice: A Program that Works. A Benefit that Matters

#MyHospice: A Program that Works. A Benefit that Matters

by Keri McDermott | Nov 5, 2018 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Public Observances, Uncategorized

Hospice is not a place, but is high-quality care that enables patients and families to focus on living as fully as possible despite a life-limiting illness. Palliative care brings this holistic model of care to people earlier in the course of a serious illness....
Survey Finds Likelihood of a Healthcare-Associated Infection Declines

Survey Finds Likelihood of a Healthcare-Associated Infection Declines

by Keri McDermott | Nov 5, 2018 | Uncategorized

The New England Journal of Medicine recently published the results of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Healthcare-Associated Infections Prevalence Survey 2015 (2015 HAI Prevalence Survey). The multi-state point prevalence survey set to determine...
Great Plains QIN Leadership Supporting Growth and Change

Great Plains QIN Leadership Supporting Growth and Change

by sfredenburg | May 29, 2018 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Uncategorized

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Innovation Network/Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) representing Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, engaging in growth and change is an expectation for Great Plains QIN. Established in...

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