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Eliminating Medication Overload: Lown Institute Action Plan
Every day, 750 older Americans are hospitalized due to serious side effects from one or more medications. The odds of experiencing a serious adverse reaction to a medication increases 7 to 10 percent with each additional drug—yet today, more than 40 percent of older...
North Dakota Communities Receive Grants to Further Activity and Wellness
A number of North Dakota communities received 2020-2021 grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation Rural Health Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to serve and show benefit to North Dakotans and their health needs while raising...
Meet Your Quality Improvement Partner: Tammy Wagner
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (GPQIN) has a team of highly-committed, quality improvement experts who are ready to meet you where you are at in your quality improvement journey. Committed to the mission of making healthcare in our region the best in the...
National Drug Control Strategy – Addressing the ‘Treatment Gap’
In 2018, an estimated 21.2 million Americans, aged 12 and older, needed treatment for a Substance Use Disorder (SUD), but only 3.7 million received any kind of treatment and only 2.4 million received treatment at a specialty facility - a disparity known as the...
Acupuncture Covered for Chronic Low Back Pain for Medicare Beneficiaries
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently finalized a decision to cover acupuncture for Medicare patients with chronic low back pain. Before this final National Coverage Determination (NCD) reconsideration, acupuncture was nationally non-covered...
Your Quality Improvement Partner: Stacie Fredenburg
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (GPQIN) has a team of highly-committed, quality improvement experts who are ready to meet you where you are at in your quality improvement journey. Committed to the mission of making healthcare in our region the best in the...
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Age-Friendly Health Systems: An Evidence-Based Model of Care [4Ms]
The United States is aging. The number of older adults, individuals ages 65 years and older, is growing rapidly. As we age, care often becomes more complex. Health systems frequently are not prepared for this complexity, and older adults suffer a disproportionate...
In Case You Missed It…Great Plains Quality Care Coalition Informational Webinar
Want to know how our team can help enhance your work? Great Plains Quality Care Coalition Informational Webinars were held earlier this month to outline participation, expectations and benefits. If you missed it, access the 30-minute recording below. We are looking...
Ryan Sailor Named Great Plains QIN Chief Executive Officer
Effective January 3, 2020, Ryan Sailor, MBA, will serve as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (GPQIN), following Tina Georgy’s semi-retirement. Sailor has been serving as President & Chief Operating Officer for Great...
Announcement: CMS Quality Award
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network Selected as a Recipient of QIN-QIO Task Order I Award under the 12th Statement of Work On November, 8, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a five-year contract to Great Plains Quality Innovation...