GPQIN Webinar: Let’s Advance Health Equity Together | April 11, 2023

Tuesday: April 11, 2023 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. CT Access the Recording This webinar is an opportunity to learn from North Dakota and South Dakota leaders who are working toward attaining the highest level of health for all. Join our efforts as we work to better understand that equitable health outcomes are quality and […]

Friday Focus 4 Health: April Series – Life’s Essential 8: Tools for Optimal Patient and Resident Health

Our Friday Focus 4 Health April Series will feature the Life’s Essential 8 guidelines, tools and application to improve quality and health outcomes for our patients and residents in the Dakotas. The American Heart Association's Life’s Essential 8™ provides eight key measures that can lead to a lifetime of good health. Life’s Essential 8 identifies […]

South Dakota Great Plains Quality Care Coalition (GPQCC) Quarterly Meeting

The goal for these meetings will be to focus on needs within South Dakota and how we can work together to improve and implement best practices. Next Meeting: May 16, 2023 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm CT During the May 16 meeting, Jess Danko, MS, RRT, LTC-CIP, will discuss pneumonia and oral health; focused on […]

Continuing the Conversation I Health Equity

Continuing the Conversation: A webinar series focused on the interdependent components to achieving health equity. We will feature leaders and subject matter experts across the Dakotas to share their expertise, personal experiences, best practices and application strategies. Continuing the Conversation: Health Equity  May 17, 2023 | 11:00 am CT - 12:00 pm CT What is […]

Break the Chain of Nicotine Dependence

Tobacco/nicotine use is the single greatest preventable cause of disease and premature death in America today. Chronic nicotine use can increase sensitivity to pain and decrease pain tolerance over time. Nicotine has been found to interfere with the normal functioning of pain receptors in the brain, leading to alterations in pain processing and increased sensitivity […]

Up Your Protection From Infections I Friday Focus 4 Health May Series

Up Your Protection From Infections | 12:15 – 12:45 pm CT Our Friday Focus 4 Health Series is intended to jump start or augment your current quality improvement efforts. Participants will connect across the Dakotas for a diverse and collaborative learning experience designed to improve patient outcomes. Register Today Topics for the May Series include sepsis, […]

Continuing the Conversation I Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health

The Great Plains QIN team is excited to announce our new series, Continuing the Conversation. We have invited leaders and subject matter experts across the Dakotas to share their expertise, personal experiences, best practices and application strategies. This webinar will be the second of a six-part series. They are held every other Wednesday at 11am […]

June Friday Focus 4 Health Series I Chronic Kidney Disease…Prevent, Manage and Protect Kidney Health

The Friday Focus 4 Health June Series begins on June 2, 2023   Chronic Kidney Disease…Prevent, Manage and Protect Kidney Health | 12:15 – 12:45 pm CT Our Friday Focus 4 Health Series is intended to jump start or augment your current quality improvement efforts. Participants will connect across the Dakotas for a diverse and […]

Continuing the Conversation I Health Literacy

The Great Plains QIN team is excited to announce our new series, Continuing the Conversation. We have invited leaders and subject matter experts across the Dakotas to share their expertise, personal experiences, best practices and application strategies. This webinar will be the third of a six-part series. They are held every other Wednesday at 11am CT.  […]

Thursday’s Boost Session With Your QIO | Nursing Homes in North Dakota and South Dakota

Register Here Thursdays @ 4:00 CT/3:00 MT For Nursing Home Staff in North Dakota and South Dakota Join Us. The Great Plains QIN team will provide updates, guidance, resources and education on topics pertinent for nursing homes, including infection prevention, NHSN reporting, CMS-initiatives and partner updates. An office hours format will follow for you to […]