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 […]

Key Preliminary Activities + Quality Measures – The Dakota Diabetes Coalition Webinar Series

Running a Best Practice Program: Increasing Sustainability of Medical Nutrition Therapy & Diabetes Self-Management Education Services  Today’s Topic: Key Preliminary Activities + Quality Measures  Register Today Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is a proud supporter of the upcoming Dakota Diabetes Coalition (DDC) Learning Series. Mary Ann Hodorowicz will serve as the featured presenter and content […]

Addressing Health Equity in the Dakotas

Life is complicated and every person faces different challenges.  Financial status, culture, language, education, andeven zip code has an impact on overall physical and mental health.  These social determinants impact positive health outcomes Addressing health disparities leads to health equity and improved quality of life.  As trusted community members, healthcare professionals aware of health disparities […]