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New Q-Tips For Your Ears Episodes | Home Modifications and Annual Wellness Visits
Looking for health care information and quality resources? We added a few more episodes to our podcast series: Q-Tips For Your Ears. This podcast is designed for everyone – healthcare professionals, patients and family members; sharing basic healthcare information on...
10 Reasons to Get Vaccinated
Vaccinations are a cornerstone of public health and have played a critical role in controlling and eliminating life-threatening infectious diseases. Vaccinations are a vital tool in promoting global health, preventing diseases, and ensuring the well-being of...
NDSU CIRE Webinar: Tools To Improve Difficult Conversations in the Medical Encounter
The North Dakota State University's Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) Program is offering a monthly series with local VaxChamps giving talks on important, current vaccine-related topics. As part of CIRE’s new monthly webinar series, Boost Your...
Updated Multi-Visit Patient Utilization State Reports
The Great Plains QIN team strives to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes. We work with partners and community coalitions to identify areas for improvement, which include reducing avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, and high utilizers of the...
Polypharmacy On The Rise Among Older Americans Living At Home
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows a rise in medication use among older Americans living at home. The research found the percentage of people taking five or more medications (polypharmacy) increased significantly from 23.6 percent (in 1999...
FREE Training Module for Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy | NDSU Center for Immunization Research and Education
The North Dakota State University Center for Immunization Research and Education (NDSU CIRE) is excited to offer a free, four-part online video training module designed to boost clinicians’ confidence addressing vaccine hesitancy in the medical encounter. As a result...
Rural Chronic Disease Management Toolkit
Rural areas face higher rates of many of the most prevalent chronic diseases, with some rural residents experiencing multiple chronic conditions, and higher rates of related mortality. Depending on the disease, different types of management activities and strategies...
Ten Attributes of a Health-Literate Organization | July 17, 2024
The National Institute of Health defines a health-literate healthcare organization as one that makes it easy for people to navigate, understand and use information and services to take care of their health. During this Webinar presentation, hosted by the Institute for...
North Dakota and South Dakota Are Seeing An Upward Trend in Opioid ADE Hospitalizations
The opioid epidemic refers to the widespread misuse of both prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs in the United States and other countries. This crisis has led to a significant increase in opioid overdoses and deaths, along with profound social and economic...
Kepro is now Acentra Health
As of July 1, 2024, Kepro is officially Acentra Health, providing the same services, but with a new name and look. There are no changes that will impact the work you have come to expect from Kepro, which serves as the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality...