Care Coordination News Posts
Impacting Patient Experience: Positive Impressions for Positive Outcomes
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 may...
‘Tis the Season to Focus on Readmissions
Recent readmission penalties have impacted most Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) providers. The first quality measure in SNF Value-Based Purchasing is the SNF Readmission Measure (SNFRM) - which NOW affects quality, compliance and financial outcomes for all providers...
Implementing Teach-back in a Critical Access Hospital: Updating the EMR
Great Plains QIN facilitated a WebEx on Teach-Back in late October to demonstrate the use of teach-back to support patients and families throughout the healthcare journey. The teach-back method, also called the "show-me" method, is a communication confirmation method...
Opioid Crisis: From Treatment Option to Public Health Emergency
Epidemic is typically used to describe the widespread impact of an infectious disease instead of a medication treatment option. While pharmaceutical companies reassured providers, the growing number of opioid prescriptions was quietly converting patients into addicts....
Care Coordination and Medication Safety Resources Refreshed
Care coordination and medication safety continue to be highly discussed topics across communities and the healthcare continuum. For the past 4+ years, the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN) has brought communities together throughout the...
Champions for Lifestyle Change: Great Plains QIN South Dakota Receives Better Choices, Better Health Award
The passion of the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN) diabetes care team for teaching proven diabetes self-management education was recognized at the Office for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion meeting on October 17, 2018, with the...
Norfolk Fire Division Shares Community Partnership Efforts to Reduce Sepsis Deaths
Members of the Norfolk Fire Division recently met with the Quality Innovation Network-National Coordinating Center (QIN-NCC). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has designated the QIN NCC to provide analytic and technical assistance to the 14...
Making the Rounds: Advancing Quality Improvement Efforts during Health Conference Season
Each fall, healthcare professionals in South Dakota trade a day or two of patient rounds and healthcare services for conference sessions and networking. From mid-September well into October, content experts share their insights on a broad range of topics from...
Solutions for Super Utilizers Needed to Reduce Medical Cost Burden
As year-end approaches, employers and every individual approaching retirement age is carefully considering the impact of rising healthcare costs and insurance premiums. Decisions related to lifestyle, employment and even medication or recommended health treatment are...
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Teach-Back: Implementation and Training Strategies [Upcoming WebEx]
The Great Plains QIN is hosting a virtual teach-back training for healthcare professionals who support patients and families throughout the care continuum. Though this training will have a primary care focus, teach-back as a communication technique is applicable to...
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