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.

Virtual Series on Cultural Humility | Register Today

Virtual Series on Cultural Humility | Register Today

The power of cultural humility is endless and it is important to recognize and embrace the diversity of cultures and languages that exist around us. Dakota Children's' Advocacy Center partnered with Prevent Child Abuse ND (PCAND) to host a virtual series on Cultural...

Chronic Kidney Disease Affecting Physical Activity

Chronic Kidney Disease Affecting Physical Activity

Engaging in physical activity is incredibly important for maintaining overall health, yet individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) often find themselves less likely to participate physical activities. Maintaining moderate-intensity physical activities may provide...

Printable and Shareable Valentine’s Day Vaccination Posters

Printable and Shareable Valentine’s Day Vaccination Posters

Great Plains QIN has created four unique Valentines Day Posters that were developed for use in your organization to promote the COVID vaccination with a Valentine’s Day theme. Please print and post in your lobby, break room or hallways. Thank you for all you do to...

Reducing Accidents For Dementia Residents

Reducing Accidents For Dementia Residents

Did you know that a wood frog can hold its urine for up to 8 months? Don't let your residents be wood frogs! Emptying the bladder often helps prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Sometimes it's difficult for residents living with dementia to express their needs...

CMS Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports

CMS Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports

In October 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Stratified Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports for post-acute care providers, including skilled nursing facilities, to identify individuals in their patient populations who are at...

Making Naloxone Rescue Part of Basic Life Support Training

Making Naloxone Rescue Part of Basic Life Support Training

As opioid overdose deaths in the United States continue to climb, we should all have the knowledge of and be prepared to administer naloxone in the event of an overdose. The risk of being unprepared can result in loss of life. The administration of naloxone is an...

Emergency Preparedness – Is Your Nursing Home Prepared?

Emergency Preparedness – Is Your Nursing Home Prepared?

In November 2016, CMS issued an Emergency Preparedness Rule for all Medicare and Medicaid participating providers and suppliers. The purpose of this rule was to ensure providers and suppliers had the planning, the resources, and the community backing they needed to...

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.