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Great Plains QIN Webinar – Care Coordination: The Complex Patient (A Behavioral Health Perspective) | October 17, 2023
This presentation will aim to elicit conversations surrounding complex patients and will highlight the importance of well-informed, multi-level care coordination. Included will be brief touchpoints related to engagement, social needs and burnout. The intended audience...
National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator | October 17, 2023
Please join the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and her leadership team, who will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how their cross-cutting initiatives are advancing CMS' Strategic...
Healthy People 2030 Addresses Health Literacy
Health literacy is a central focus of Healthy People 2030. One of the initiative’s overarching goals demonstrates this focus: Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity and attain health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all. Healthy People...
Exploring the Importance of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
According to the CDC, about 800,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year. About 1 in 4 of those people already had a heart attack. Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised program designed to improve an individual's cardiovascular health....
FirstLink Directory of Resources and 2-1-1 Helpline
The mission of FirstLink is to assist individuals in identifying, accessing and making effective use of community and volunteer resources. Through this program, individuals can access free resources, support as well as crisis intervention services throughout North...
Naloxone Saves Lives: Read This Inspiring Story
A recent phone call between Stephanie Hanson, BSN, RN, and Eric Weber ended up saving a life. Here is how it transpired. Hanson is a quality improvement director for Great Plains Quality Innovation Network and a program manager for the South Dakota Foundation for...
#GetVaccinated Long-Term Care Provider Toolkit Available
The 2023 #GetVaccinated Toolkit is a comprehensive resource curated to empower long term care providers in their mission to encourage and facilitate vaccinations among their residents and staff. As we approach the cold and flu season, there is a need to emphasize the...
Deprescribing And What It Can Do For Your Residents
Deprescribing medications is being studied to help nursing home residents. A new report has provided guidance for safety by "deprescribing" the amount of drugs being administered to nursing home residents, where it is estimated half or more are prescribed 9 or more...
Health Literacy Month: Building Awareness Through Action
Health Literacy Month: A time when we can work together to integrate and expand the mission of health literacy – to build a world where our collective efforts will lead to health equity, where all people can attain optimal health outcomes. Health literacy is defined...
Can Pneumonia Be Prevented?
Pneumonia is a common illness that can be serious or even life-threatening. Not all cases of pneumonia can be prevented, but through education for those we care for and assisting them to take certain measures, we can certainly reduce the prevalence and severity. The...