QIO News Posts
Heart Disease Rates Falling: Lifestyle Still a Factor
Heart disease rates in the United States fell 20% in the last four decades. While advances in prevention and treatment are clear contributors to the decrease, risk factors including blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking continue to have an impact. Recent...
Tobacco Use is the Leading Preventable Cause of Cancer and Cancer Deaths
Forty percent of cancers in the US are linked to tobacco use. According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, quitting tobacco use at any age can reduce the risk of getting or dying from cancer. Tobacco use can cause not only lung cancer, but also cancers of the mouth...
CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
The Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship has been published, access it today. Also, see below for details on next week’s webinar discussing the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship as part of CDC’s Get Smart week. Recent reports show that...
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week & Our Efforts For Improvement
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week (Get Smart Week) is a national, annual observance intended to engage relevant stakeholders around antibiotic stewardship in the outpatient, inpatient and animal health settings. This year, Get Smart Week will be observed November...
November is American Diabetes Month
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of disability and death in the United States. It can cause blindness, nerve damage, kidney disease, and other health problems if it’s not controlled. One in 11 Americans has diabetes — that’s more than 29 million people....
Partnering to Reduce Pressure Injuries
World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day, Nov. 17 Each year, pressure injuries affect more than 2.5 million Americans and cost billions of dollars to treat. You can raise awareness of these dangerous conditions by participating in World Wide Pressure Injury...
Improving Adult Immunization Rates
Improving Adult Immunization Rates - Dr. Stephan Schroeder, Great Plains Quality Innovation Network Despite immunization effectiveness in preventing morbidity and mortality due to infection, there remains a significant percentage of our population that has not...
Reducing Infections in Home Health
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network was recently awarded special funding to work with home health agencies in our region to develop and test educational interventions to prevent and manage common infections observed in home health; such as respiratory, urinary...
Using Teach-Back Strategies for Engagement
AHRQ Teach-Back Strategies Help Primary Care Providers Engage Patients and Families To learn more about how clinicians use “teach-back” to improve communication with patients, access the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ's) Guide to Improving Patient...
Medicare Quality Payment Program Final Rule: Updates and Resources
The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network team is invested in helping you remain up-to-date on all changes to provider payment systems. Below is the latest CMS news updates on the Quality Payment Program (QPP) as well as educational opportunities to learn more. CMS...