COVID-19 cases are rising across the country as health officials prepare for another winter season of fighting respiratory diseases. Kudos to nursing homes in South Dakota and North Dakota for having the highest and second highest rate, respectively, of COVID-19 vaccinated residents in the country. The national average is 26.5%.
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- South Dakota – Percent of Current Residents Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines per Facility: 52%
- North Dakota – Percent of Current Residents Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines per Facility: 50%
Access the CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Data site. The site is updated weekly and provides a comprehensive look at the data reported by nursing homes to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module: Surveillance Reporting Pathways and COVID-19 Vaccinations.
- Search for a nursing home map: Click the “Visualize Data” button at the top of the page (or the “Visualization” link on the left) to search for a nursing home and view data for the individual nursing home, including recent resident and staff vaccination rates.
- Listing of vaccination rates for individual nursing homes: Access a list of every nursing home with recent resident and staff vaccination rates and other data.
- Charts showing vaccination rates by state: Click the “Visualize Data” button at the top of the page to view the average percentages among nursing homes in each state who have reported vaccination data in the current or prior week.
- Vaccination rates in the dataset: Click on the “Downloadable Datasets” links to view data on the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, including these key fields: Recent Percentage of Current Residents Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines, and Recent Percentage of Current Healthcare Personnel Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines.
Nationally, only 7% of nursing home workers have up-to-date COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home staff are significantly lagging this year, highlighting the toll that vaccine fatigue is taking on front-line health care workers as the respiratory virus season nears. With 1,770,731 confirmed cases of COVID—19 among nursing home staff, we can do better. It is important to continue to promote the benefits of vaccination for our team members to keep our residents safe.
- North Dakota – Percent of Current Staff Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines per Facility: 7.75%
- South Dakota – Percent of Current Staff Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines per Facility: 8.4%
Access the CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Data site 
Building trust is key within organizations. We applaud those nursing home team members who have worked tirelessly to educate on COVID-19 vaccination and help residents and staff understand the benefit of vaccinations. Keeping nursing facility residents and staff current on their vaccines is an important tool for reducing deaths from COVID-19 and especially important this holiday season when risks may be compounded by high rates of other respiratory viruses. This commitment and perseverance is vital to the health and safety of nursing home residents and staff.
The Great Plains QIN Nursing Home Vaccination Change Package was developed to guide nursing homes in improving vaccination rates among residents and staff. The change package identifies barriers and challenges to vaccination and provides interventions supported by evidence-based tools and resources to improve vaccination quality measures and rates.