Great Plains Quality Innovation Network

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Quality Experts

Our team of subject matter experts offers technical assistance, tailored education, best practices, tools and resources for healthcare organizations and Medicare consumers. We look forward to serving as your quality improvement expert, partner and resource in the journey towards improvement.

Our Commitment

We aim to achieve better health care, improved health, safer care and lower healthcare costs. Our team works in conjunction with state partners, while pooling resources and common elements into an organization that can best serve the needs of healthcare providers and Medicare consumers across the region.

Stigma, Treatment, Avoidance and Recovery in Time for South Dakota

Stigma, Treatment, Avoidance and Recovery in Time for South Dakota

A new award of $300,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration will result in a one-year program titled START-SD: Overdose Response (START-SD-OR), which will increase access to naloxone and fentanyl test strips, provide education and training on...

Study Reveals Alarming Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Testing

Study Reveals Alarming Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Testing

Only 40% of Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes Get Recommended Kidney Health Testing | Study Reveals Alarming Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Testing and Highlights Path to Equitable Care for Americans living with Diabetes An estimated 37 million adults in the...

Great Plains QIN CLAS Playbook: Understand. Identify. Create.

Great Plains QIN CLAS Playbook: Understand. Identify. Create.

The Great Plains QIN Playbook for providing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) is intended for organizations who are just getting started and those who are well on their way. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) are services...

Falls Prevention Awareness Week: Falls Are Not a Normal Part of Aging

Falls Prevention Awareness Week: Falls Are Not a Normal Part of Aging

Great Plains QIN is committed to empowering all older adults to age well and that includes avoiding falls. On September 18-22, 2023, we are partnering with the National Council on Aging (NCOA) to observe Falls Prevention Awareness Week.  Let's work together to raise...

National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call | September 14, 2023

National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call | September 14, 2023

Please join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 2:30 pm CT for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Long-term care providers, facility staff and...

North Dakota Stepping On Program: Facilitator Training Opportunity

North Dakota Stepping On Program: Facilitator Training Opportunity

Stepping On is an evidenced-based falls prevention program for community-dwelling individuals aged 60 and older. It helps older adults take control of their fall risk, explore coping behaviors and use safety strategies in everyday life. A trained facilitator leads the...

Great Plains Quality Care Coalition

Our Vision: Through collaboration and partnership, we aspire to make healthcare in the Dakotas the best in the nation. We have partnered with committed nursing homes, community leaders and healthcare organizations to improve the care in our communities. Better together.