QIO News Posts
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...
COVID-19 Ready Communication Playbook from Vital Talk
To healthcare professionals everywhere: these are unprecedented times. There’s no road map. We’re facing conversations that we never expected - or wanted - to have. Your stakeholders are not only making decisions about what to say to patients and families, but how to...
Join Us Today at NOON: Minimum Cognitive Impairment Huddle
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is excited to partner with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and underserved communities through the Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho™ Series. These...
Healthier Men Live Happier, Longer Lives.
Did you know men are less healthy and have a shorter life expectancy than women, on average? Part of this is because men are more likely to go long periods of time without going to the doctor, they’re less likely to adopt preventive health measures and are more likely...
Applying Patient Safety Tools During COVID-19
Research shows that healthcare is safest when it's provided by teams that work well together. A recent AHRQ blog post discussed the need to remain focused on patient safety to avoid errors during times of fatigue and stress and crisis like we are now experiencing...
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...
Invitation: Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho™ Series
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is excited to partner with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and underserved communities through the Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho™ Series. Access...
CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls – Week of June 8, 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...