QIO News Posts
Hospital Quality Reporting Update Available
The Hospital Quality Reporting Center Spring 2018 newsletter is now available. This issue contains information for acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals. Topics covered include: BREAKING NEWS!...
Tips for An Accurate Blood Pressure Reading
May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month and the American Heart Association is bringing to light common measurement mistakes. 7 mistakes that can lead to higher readings and misdiagnosis: Having a full bladder – You should always empty your bladder before...
MyHealthEData: Putting Patients at the Center
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently renewed its commitment to interoperability with the MyHealthEData initiative, which aims to ensure patients have comprehensive access to their own health data. The initiative focuses on providing patients...
May is National Stroke Month; Let’s End Stroke Together!
UP TO 80 PERCENT OF STROKES MAY BE PREVENTABLE. #StrokeMonth Today marks the start of May. American Stroke Month, the annual campaign to increase stroke awareness and educate Americans, takes place throughout the month of May. The observance also encourages providers...
Compliance Toolkit for Pain Assessment, Management and Safe Opioid Prescribing
In July 2017, the Joint Commission announced the implementation of new and revised pain assessment and management standards which would be effective January 1, 2018 for all accredited hospitals. The enhanced standards represent nearly two years of intensive...
Home Health Infection Prevention Toolkit: A Successful Launch
We recently launched the Home Health Infection Prevention Toolkit. The Toolkit contains resources and best practices to reduce Acute Care Hospitalization (ACH) or Emergency Department (ED) visits related to wound, urinary tract and respiratory infections. The primary...
May is American Stroke Month & National High Blood Pressure Education Month
May is national High Blood Pressure Education Month and National Stroke Awareness Month; a time to facilitate activities to help raise awareness and offer education. According to the American Heart Association, high blood pressure is usually preventable with simple...
Healthcare Teams Celebrated During Patient Experience Week
Patient Experience Week, April 23-27, 2018, is an annual event to celebrate healthcare staff and their impact on patients every day. Individuals sitting in the waiting room of a healthcare facility are often experiencing varied levels of physical discomfort and...
A Day for Prevention: Understand. Engage. Act!
Bismarck State College National Energy Center of Excellence | April 11, 2018 | Bismarck, ND “Perhaps we can turn a day for prevention into a generation for prevention.” “If we are ever going to get equity, we need to walk through truth.” ~ Dr. Donald Warne, (Speaking...
Ischemic Heart Disease Still the No. 1 Cause of Death in the U.S.
On April 10, Healio reported that ischemic heart disease remains the number one cause of death in the U.S., according to findings by the U.S. Burden of Disease published in JAMA. High blood pressure and body mass index, poor diet, high-fasting plasma glucose and...