Great Plains Quality Innovation Network
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.
CDC’s New Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published new pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adults 19 years or older who have not previously received a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or whose previous vaccination history is unknown. CDC now...
February is American Heart Month – Cardiovascular Health For ALL
Every year more than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease¹. The number one cause of deaths for most groups, heart disease affects all ages, genders and ethnicities. Risk factors include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and excessive alcohol...
Online Course Available: Achieving Health Equity
This 2-hour, self-paced course offers education on how to identify and eliminate health disparities in your organization. The course will help your organization prioritize the elimination of disparities as a cross-cutting initiative to improve the quality of care for...
Interactive COVID-19 Vaccine Conversations Module for Healthcare Professionals
Healthcare professionals are patients’ and parents’ most-trusted source of information on vaccines¹. Motivational interviewing allows us to serve as an objective partner when it comes to decision making. Why does it work for vaccine hesitancy? Those that are in the...
Webinar: Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) Program | January 26, 2022
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 1:00 pm CT Healthcare providers and stakeholders...
Meet Our Newest Team Member: Jenifer Lauckner, RN
Jenifer Lauckner is the newest member of the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network team; she will be supporting nursing homes and communities as a Quality Improvement Advisor. My work experience…I worked at St. Andrew’s Health Center, a Critical Access Hospital,...
Great Plains QIN Webinar: Resilience – Individual, Organizational, Community (with annotations for pandemics) | January 25, 2022
January 25, 2022 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. CT Burnout is rarely an individual issue alone. This presentation will discuss risks related to caretaker/provider health during times of crises as well as models for both individual and organizational wellness. [button...
Thursday’s BOOST WIth Your QIO: Nursing Homes Are Invited to Join
A Weekly Education and Sharing Session for North Dakota and South Dakota Nursing Homes Thursdays @ 4:00 CT/3:00 MT | Beginning January 20, 2022 Join Us. We will help your home access and understand new COVID-19 recommendation and guidance. An office hours format will...
Great Plains QIN Electronic Vaccination Tracking Log | Updated December 2021
Great Plains QIN updated the GPQIN Electronic Vaccination Tracking Log to include field entries for the COVID-19 boosters. This Excel tracking log was designed to be used as a “Quick Review” for the MDS person and/or infection preventionist to access a listing of...
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.