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.
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UND Geriatric and Age-Friendly ECHO: Advance Care Planning [March 9, 2021]
March 9, 2021 at 12 p.m. CT Presented by: Lindsey Dahl, MD Geriatric Medicine- Internal Medicine, Sanford Health, Fargo, ND Why attend? Because you...
GPQIN Medication Safety Learning and Action Series: Join Us
Medications can be lifesaving treatments that change the world. Unfortunately, if not used properly, medications can also lead to adverse events. In fact, Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) account for over 1 million emergency department visits a year and about 350,000...
Register for the 2021 Virtual CMS Quality Conference: March 2 – 3, 2021
Healthcare Innovation During a Time of Disruption | March 2 - 3, 2021 [Virtual CMS National Quality Conference] The 2021 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Conference will take place virtually March 2-3, 2021. Registration is now open, but...
Medication Adjustments Prevent Harm in Aging Patients
“With age comes wisdom” is a familiar adage. Healthcare professionals recognize age also brings increased risk for adverse drug events and health complications. Medication is a common treatment option, but changes in an aging body can lead to unintended harm from...
ONE Rx Team Receives 2020 RSAP Best Paper Award
The Opioid & Naloxone (ONE Rx) team at North Dakota State University’s Department of Pharmacy Practice recently received recognition for a paper they authored titled, Program evaluation of the Opioid and Naloxone Education (ONE Rx) program using the RE-AIM...
#GetVaccinated Communications Toolkit Combats Vaccine Hesitancy in Long-Term Care
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is real among healthcare workers: in a January Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll, about one in three health care workers planned to wait to see how the vaccine is working or would get it only if required to. The American Health Care...
Great Plains QIN Medication Safety LAN Series | Education and Action Groups
Medications can be lifesaving treatments that change the world. Unfortunately, if not used properly medications can also lead to adverse events. In fact adverse drug events (ADEs) account for over 1 million emergency department visits a year and 1/3 of all hospital...
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CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Calls [February 2021]
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
HHS Expands Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder – Updated Post
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it would publish Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder*, to expand access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) by exempting physicians from certain...
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.