QIO News Posts
Virtual Training Session: Unleashing the Power of Data
In August, the national Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program launched a learning series focused on healthcare quality improvement. The series, titled “Sharing Knowledge, Improving Health Care,” features training sessions led by recognized experts and thought...
Great Plains QIN Awarded Contract to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates
Colorectal cancer is a cancer of the colon or the rectum; it is the second leading cancer killer of both men and women in the United States. About 50,000 Americans die of colon cancer each year—however, many of these deaths can be prevented with early...
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network Celebrates One-Year Milestone
More than 800 Healthcare Providers: Collaborating for Better Health, Better Care and Lower Cost August marked the one-year anniversary of the formation of Great Plains Quality Innovation Network as the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization...
Call to Action: Encouraging a Healthier Lifestyle
Watch this video for the United States Surgeon General's Call to Action to promote walking and 'walkable' communities to help encourage a healthier lifestyle. Regular exercise and physical activity are important to the physical and mental health of almost everyone,...
CDC Health Advisory: Need to Properly Maintain, Clean and Disinfect Medical Devices
The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network would like to draw attention to a recent Health Advisory issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Advisory addresses the public health need for...
ActionToQuit Network – Stay informed about tobacco control
ActionToQuit is a tobacco control policy program dedicated to reducing tobacco-related death, disease and cost through communication, education and advocacy. The current tobacco control landscape is very different from years past and will likely continue to change...
Surviving Sepsis….A Patient Perspective and WebEx Opportunity
CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog: A Healthcare Risk Manager Shares Her Advice after Personally Surviving Sepsis On CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog, Pamela L. Popp, sepsis survivor and healthcare risk manager, shares her advice on how to implement a sepsis initiative. While...
September is Sepsis Awareness Month
The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network would like to invite you to a one hour program on Thursday, September 10 titled: Severe Sepsis Across the Continuum of Care. The presenter is Dr. Steven Simpson, a Professor of Medicine and Acting Director of the Division of...
September is National Cholesterol Education Month
National Cholesterol Education Month raises awareness about high blood cholesterol, a serious condition that affects over 71 million Americans and increases the risk of developing heart disease. The Cholesterol Education Month observance is a chance to encourage...
Takeaways from the Healthy Aging Summit
The 2015 Healthy Aging Summit took place on July 27-28, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The Summit explored the many ways researchers, providers and stakeholder organizations are encouraging healthy lifestyles and improving the delivery of preventive services to help older...