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.
Updated Materials Available – Visiting Nursing Homes During Omicron Surge
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated it's Nursing Home Resource Center with two new informational products. As of January 6, 2022, the Nursing Home Visitation FAQs have been updated to provide additional guidance about visitation during...
Virtual Classes Bring Services Closer to Home
Submitted by Carley Swanson, RN, BSN Learning and Development Specialist for Evidence-Based Programming and Community Education at Sanford Medical Center Fargo Often times communities may find their access to certain resources are limited. Perhaps there is a desire to...
Cost Coverage for At-Home COVID-19 Tests, Increasing Access to Free Tests
CMS News | January 10, 2022 Biden-Harris Administration Requires Insurance Companies and Group Health Plans to Cover the Cost of At-Home COVID-19 Tests, Increasing Access to Free Tests As part of its ongoing efforts across many channels to expand Americans’ access to...
Project Firstline: Spanish-Language Resources on Infection Control
Project Firstline aims to provide all healthcare workers with the infection control knowledge they need to protect their patients and themselves. To improve access to Project Firstline materials for Spanish-speaking healthcare workers, a selection of content and...
CDC Health Alert Network: Omnicron Variant Infections in the United States
Rapid Increase of Omicron Variant Infections in the United States: Management of Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network | Friday, December 24, 2021 Summary Due to the increased transmissibility of the...
NDSU CIRE Program Webinar: Long-Haul COVID: The Next Looming Pandemic | January 21
Friday, January 21 | 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT Access the Webinar Recording Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to: 1) Discuss the clinical features of long-haul COVID 2) Describe the prevalence of long-haul COVID 3) Understand how vaccinating...
Building an Organizational Response to Health Disparities: Language Access Plans
Effective communication is critical to ensuring understanding, empowering patients and providing high-quality care. A language access plan can help ensure that an organization provides high quality and appropriate language services. A language access plan can also...
North Dakota’s Prescription Drug Repository Program: An Effective Solution
The cost of prescription drugs can be extremely expensive and often times out of reach for individuals in need. Fortunately, there are programs that can help. Mark Hardy, PharmD; North Dakota Board of Pharmacy, recently provided an overview of a program that helps...
Community Health Worker Program (CHW) Shows Early Success
Submitted by Wendy Schmidt, MBS, BAN, RN, Senior Learning and Development Specialist at Sanford Health Bismarck implemented a Community Health Worker (CHW) program in January 2021. With almost a year of experience, this role is showing early, but promising, impact on...
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.