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Increasing the Voice of the Patient: Seeking Partners
"Patient engagement is the blockbuster drug of the century." - Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, from Patient Engagement: Medicine's New "Blockbuster Drug" Great Plains Quality Innovation...
Celebrating Caregivers…Today and Everyday!
There are four kinds of people in the world: Those who have been caregivers; Those who currently are caregivers; Those who will be caregivers; Those who will need a caregiver. - Rosalynn Carter (Former First Lady) There are more than 65 million Americans...
CMS Awards Partnership Driven Special Innovation Projects
CMS Awards 16 Partnership-Driven Special Innovation Projects to Close the Gap between Best Practice & Common Practice Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has taken another step toward ensuring that beneficiaries...
Preserve the Power of Antibiotics!
November 16-22 is National Get Smart About Antibiotics Week Antibiotic-resistant bacteria causes more than 2 million illnesses and at least 23,000 deaths each year in the United States. Antibiotic resistance occurs when germs no longer respond to the drugs designed to...
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
Diabetes Education and Support: What's Your Role? National Diabetes Month is observed every November to draw attention to diabetes and its effects on millions of Americans. The National Diabetes Education Program’s (NDEP) 2015 theme Diabetes Education...
World Stroke Day, October 29 – Raising Awareness and What Can be Done to Combat It
What Can We Do to Show Support? Stroke is a non-communicable disease that attacks millions of people worldwide every year. The World Stroke campaign aims to encourage people to understand stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high blood...
AHRQ Study: Electronic Prescribing Linked to Fewer Adverse Drug Events Among Diabetics
Physicians who primarily issue prescriptions electronically have lower rates of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) among their patients with diabetes, according to an AHRQ study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. National estimates suggest that...
Community Involvement is One of Four Keys to Meaningful Preventive Care
Fierce Healthcare recently reported that community involvement and targeting high-risk patients are essential to implementing meaningful preventive care. According to the article, there are several other strategies to improving preventive care in hospitals, which...
Virtual Training Session: Unleashing the Power of Data
In August, the national Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program launched a learning series focused on healthcare quality improvement. The series, titled “Sharing Knowledge, Improving Health Care,” features training sessions led by recognized experts and thought...
Great Plains QIN Awarded Contract to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates
Colorectal cancer is a cancer of the colon or the rectum; it is the second leading cancer killer of both men and women in the United States. About 50,000 Americans die of colon cancer each year—however, many of these deaths can be prevented with early...