Hospital News Posts
Columbus Community Hospital’s Interdisciplinary Teams Reduce Readmissions
Columbus Community Hospital (CCH) in Columbus, Nebraska was recently featured during a national training hosted by the American Hospital Association. The training, Making the Case – How Team-Based Approaches Improve Value (improving outcomes, enhancing patient...
Unintended Harm from Exposure to Common Viruses
A simple touch or a laugh can be enough to spread an infectious disease and trigger a major health crisis. Exposure to common viruses is unavoidable and vaccination is the strongest form of protection for every age. While previously common childhood diseases have...
Nebraska Hospital Association HIIN Receives AHA Performance Improvement Award
The Nebraska Hospital Association HIIN recently received the American Hospital Association Performance Improvement Award based on the exemplary improvement achieved on the American Hospital Association/Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) Hospital...
The Quality Improvement Organization Program – The Next Chapter
The message below was sent to all Great Plains Quality Innovation Network LAN Partners on Monday, July 5. Passing along again in case you missed it. The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN) is entering a transition phase as the Centers for Medicare &...
PATH Aims to Improve Care Transitions within IHS Facilities
In collaboration with the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Partnership to Advance Tribal Health (PATH) project work is supporting improvement efforts with care transitions for certified hospitals providing...
Just Culture Impacts Risk Management
Just Culture is a clear and easy-to-use healthcare quality tool used to manage risk and prevent adverse events. Leaders use the system to determine if an action was a simple human error, a risky choice or a reckless choice and how that behavior or choice...
Celebrating Healthcare Professionals
The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network team would like to celebrate the incredible people that you are, your incredible coworkers (including our own) and the places where you work! Thank you for all you do to contribute to your profession, your communities and...
Four Great Plains QIN Region Hospitals Named to Becker’s Healthcare Top 100 Great Hospitals in America
Four hospitals in the Great Plains QIN region appeared on Becker's Healthcare list of "100 great hospitals in America." The hospitals included on this list have been recognized nationally for excellence in clinical care, patient outcomes, and staff and physician...
Patient Experience Week: Celebrating Employee Impact
Healthcare is personal. Any individual in need of healthcare services becomes vulnerable. The level of comfort and confidence relayed by healthcare professionals at every stage of care can impact positive health outcomes. Long waits, big words and confusing bills...
North Dakota Quality Forum to Celebrate Successes from Across the Care Continuum
Healthcare and community service professionals from across North Dakota will gather on May 23, 2019, for Quality Health Associates of North Dakota’s annual Quality Forum. The Forum will be held in four locations—Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot— to accommodate...