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.
CMS/CDC Webinar: Establishing an Infection Prevention Program in a Nursing Home, With an Emphasis on COVID-19
Overview Participants of this webinar will learn to identify the key components of an infection prevention program in the nursing home setting; describe the best-practice strategies needed to establish a program; and understand the key elements necessary for ongoing...
DePrescribing in the Elderly Webinar – Materials Available
Want to test your knowledge about medications that are potentially inappropriate in older adults and learn more about polypharmacy and associated risks. You can access the July 8 DePrescribing in the Elderly Webinar presentation and recording on our Web site. Access...
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Webinar Invite: De-Prescribing in the Elderly [July 8, 2020]
Did you know? According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the LOWN Institute; every day, 750 individuals [65+) in the United States are hospitalized due to serious side effects from one or more medications. Over the last decade, older people sought...
Caregivers Play Key Role Through Stages of Alzheimer’s
The number of Americans over 65 years living with Alzheimer's could jump from five million to 15 million by 2050, according to the 2020 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures. The rising trend fuels advocates across the country to promote Alzheimer’s and Brain...
National Nursing Home Training Series: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Strategies for COVID Care
Thursday, June 25, 2020 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM CT Note: Once you register, you will receive an email with your individual link to join the webcast. The link...
CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls – Week of June 22, 2020
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 offer...
Today Is Silver Linings Day in North Dakota
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum declared today [June 23, 2020] Silver Linings Day in honor of long-term care facilities serving North Dakota’s most vulnerable population for more than 125 years. Long-term care providers – in honor of your unwavering dedication and...
CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls – Week of June 15, 2020
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 offer...
CMS Webinar – Clinical Care: Managing COVID Positive Residents
The clinical management of COVID positive and presumed COVID positive residents requires understanding the various disease trajectories and having appropriate plans of care in place that align with each residents’ goals and preferences. It also requires working with...
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.