Medication Safety News Posts
![CDC COCA Call: What Clinicians, Pharmacists and Public Health Partners Need to Know about Antibiotic Prescribing and COVID-19 | November 18](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/females-doc-pt1280x300-1-1080x300.jpg)
CDC COCA Call: What Clinicians, Pharmacists and Public Health Partners Need to Know about Antibiotic Prescribing and COVID-19 | November 18
Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published several studies characterizing antibiotic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic in outpatient, nursing home, and hospital settings. Findings from...
![C. diff is Estimated to Cause Almost a Half a Million Infections In the U.S. Each Year](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ambulance_sepsis-1080x300.jpg)
C. diff is Estimated to Cause Almost a Half a Million Infections In the U.S. Each Year
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a germ that causes diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. The CDC estimates C. diff impacts almost half a million people in the United States each year and an estimated 29,300 deaths. C. diff is a bacteria spread by microscopic...
![AHRQ Releases New App to Help Spanish-Speaking Patients Prepare for Medical Appointments](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/females-doc-pt1280x300-2-1-1080x300.jpg)
AHRQ Releases New App to Help Spanish-Speaking Patients Prepare for Medical Appointments
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a Spanish-language update to QuestionBuilder, an app intended to help patients prepare for their in-person or telehealth appointments. QuestionBuilder en español, released in conjunction with Hispanic...
![Great Plains QIN Webinar: The Pharmacist – An Invaluable Community Resource | October 19, 2021](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pharmacy1280x300-1080x300.jpg)
Great Plains QIN Webinar: The Pharmacist – An Invaluable Community Resource | October 19, 2021
October 19, 2021 | 3:00 p.m. CT Individuals experiencing acute or chronic health conditions may engage with and receive prescriptions from multiple healthcare professionals. Tracking all medication, including over-the-counter options, is essential for...
![Great Plains QIN Webinar: The Pharmacist – An Invaluable Community Resource | October 19, 2021](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pharmacy1280x300-1080x300.jpg)
The Pharmacist: An Invaluable Community Resource | Great Plains QIN Webinar – October 19, 2021
October 19, 2021 | 3:00 p.m. CT Individuals experiencing acute or chronic health conditions may engage with and receive prescriptions from multiple healthcare professionals. Tracking all medication, including over-the-counter options, is essential for preventing...
![Great Plains QIN Webinar – Collaboration: Essential for Addressing Substance Abuse and Promoting Recovery | September 21, 2021](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/syringe-1080x300.jpg)
Great Plains QIN Webinar – Collaboration: Essential for Addressing Substance Abuse and Promoting Recovery | September 21, 2021
September 21, 2021 | 3:00 p.m. CT Many individuals are turning to negative coping methods in an effort to manage mental health issues triggered or aggravated by the ongoing pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. Collaboration among health care and community partners is...
![International Overdose Awareness Day: A Time to Remember. Time to Act.](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Colorful-Pills-Pixabay-1080x300.jpg)
International Overdose Awareness Day: A Time to Remember. Time to Act.
CDC Marks International Overdose Awareness Day with New Research on Benzodiazepine Overdose August 31, 2021, marks International Overdose Awareness Day. It’s a day to remember and grieve those we’ve lost and to strengthen resolve to end overdose injuries and deaths....
![Interprofessional Collaborative Efforts to Deprescribe Medications In Long-Term Care | September 20, 2021](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pills-Pixabay-Featured-1080x299.jpg)
Interprofessional Collaborative Efforts to Deprescribe Medications In Long-Term Care | September 20, 2021
Dakota Geriatrics, in partnership with the North Dakota Long Term Care Academy (ND Pharmacists Assn) and the John Hopkins University GWEP will be offering a webinar, Interprofessional Collaborative Efforts to Deprescribe Medications In Long-Term Care. Monday,...
![CDC Resources: Revamped Drug Overdose and Opioid Websites and Non-Opioid Tools for Pain Management](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spilled-pills1280x300-2-1080x300.jpg)
CDC Resources: Revamped Drug Overdose and Opioid Websites and Non-Opioid Tools for Pain Management
The CDC Drug Overdose and Opioid websites have both been revamped! ⇒The Drug Overdose Website now features: All drug, nonfatal and fatal overdose data Funded recipient information, resources and tools Portal to all of CDC’s overdose prevention subsites (Opioids, Drug...
![AHRQ Releases New Toolkit To Help Long-Term Care Facilities Improve Antibiotic Prescribing](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Rx-bottle-whitePills1280x300-1080x300.jpg)
AHRQ Releases New Toolkit To Help Long-Term Care Facilities Improve Antibiotic Prescribing
AHRQ’s new Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care offers a step-by-step approach to help facilities start or revitalize an antibiotic stewardship program. Using the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making, facilities can identify critical time periods...