Best Practice Brief: Extending Independent Living through Social Interaction

Real People, Real Processes, Real Success Creating connections among community resources and healthcare facilities provides a pathway for individuals to come full circle from a personal crisis to a personal transformation. Recognizing an individual in need and guiding them to the support services necessary to lift themselves from a desperate situation is a skill every […]

Great Plains QIN Webinar | Project Firstline: Cleaning is More than a Swiffer and Mr. Clean

Access the Presentation (please note; some of the images from the presentation have been removed) Access the Recording This webinar emphasized the importance of adhering to the basics of environmental cleaning and disinfection to promote patient and resident safety, staff wellness, and reduce healthcare acquired infections. Content is geared for environmental services workers, certified nurse […]

Best Practice Brief: Providing Hope for Individuals Experiencing Suicidal Desperation

Real People, Real Processes, Real Success Creating connections among community resources and healthcare facilities provides a pathway for individuals to come full circle from a personal crisis to a personal transformation. Recognizing an individual in need and guiding them to the support services necessary to lift themselves from a desperate situation is a skill every […]

Best Practice Brief: Navigating a Healthy Path Beyond Human Trafficking

Real People, Real Processes, Real Success Creating connections among community resources and healthcare facilities provides a pathway for individuals to come full circle from a personal crisis to a personal transformation. Recognizing an individual in need and guiding them to the support services necessary to lift themselves from a desperate situation is a skill every […]

Best Practice Brief: Addiction Harm Reduction Through Peer Coaching

Pulling from their personal experiences dealing with addiction, peer coaches serve as guides for individuals seeking help for themselves or for a loved one. The innovative approach of Face It TOGETHER provides virtual, phone or in-person sessions for those impacted by addiction. Face It TOGETHER is a harm reduction-oriented organization and works well alongside traditional […]

Best Practice Brief: Reentry Services to Break the Cycle

Real People, Real Processes, Real Success Creating connections among community resources and healthcare facilities provides a pathway for individuals to come full circle from a personal crisis to a personal transformation. Recognizing an individual in need and guiding them to the support services necessary to lift themselves from a desperate situation is a skill every […]

Best Practice Brief: The Body Keeps the Score

Real People, Real Processes, Real Success Creating connections among community resources and healthcare facilities provides a pathway for individuals to come full circle from a personal crisis to a personal transformation. Recognizing an individual in need and guiding them to the support services necessary to lift themselves from a desperate situation is a skill every […]

Resilience – Individual, Organizational, Community (with annotations for pandemics)

Access the Recording Access the Presentation Burnout is rarely an individual issue alone.  This presentation will discuss risks related to caretaker/provider health during times of crises as well as models for both individual and organizational wellness.     Objectives: After this presentation, the participant, will be able to: Identify tools for resilience for care providers […]

Putting Infection Prevention into Everyday Practice

Webinar @ Getting Started

Access the Presentation To stop the spread of infections, everyone working in a healthcare facility needs to have a foundational knowledge of infection prevention and must be ready to implement basic measures throughout their workday and at home. In this session, we will discuss how infections spread and identify ways to break this chain. We […]

Great Plains QIN Webinar: Connecting the Dots | March 15, 2022

What do antibiotics, immunizations and sepsis have in common and why is it important to “Connect the Dots”? Access the Presentation We can PROTECT one’s health, PRESERVE antibiotic effectiveness and PREVENT infections leading to sepsis through immunizations, health hygiene and responsible antibiotic use.  Bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics and continue to multiply in the […]