QIO News Posts
Join NDSU CIRE and Dr. Paul Offit for a Webinar on February 23
The North Dakota State University Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) welcomes Dr. Paul Offit as the fourth guest presenter in Bringing the Experts to You: A Webinar Series on Vaccines. Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm CST [symple_button...
Cheri Fast and Jessica Danko Earn CBIC Certification in Infection Control
Cheri Fast and Jessica Danko, project managers for the South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care, are among the first in the nation to be awarded the CBIC Long-Term Care Certification in Infection Control. Fast and Danko are innovative leaders in long-term care. This...
Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Failure Are a Troubling Pair: Know Diabetes by Heart Campaign
The "Know Diabetes by Heart™" Campaign aims to raise awareness about the link between diabetes and heart disease and to provide education and resources to help people with diabetes lower their risk of heart disease. Type 2 diabetes is a serious condition that can lead...
Be The Beat: Save a Life I American Heart Month
In the United States, approximately 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur each year and less than 10% of these victims survive¹. Fortunately, survival rates can be significantly increased by a simple, yet lifesaving technique - CPR (Cardiopulmonary...
Webinar: How CMS and Its Stakeholders are Addressing Inequities in Healthcare I February 28, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to invite the public to attend the upcoming webinar “From Data to Action: How CMS and its Stakeholders are Addressing Inequities in Healthcare.” Join the discussion of the CMS Health Equity Framework...
COVID-19 Bivalent Boosters: Do They Work?
The bivalent booster is the most recent version of the COVID-19 vaccine. It contains both the original vaccine strain [of the virus] and a strain derived from the BA.5 omicron variant, which is currently the most active in the United States, so that we can maximize...
Fentanyl: The Single Deadliest Drug Threat
According to the CDC, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and drug poisonings in the 12-month period ending in January 2022. A staggering 67 percent of those deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Some of these deaths were attributed...
Quality Improvement Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement (QI) Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America is an audio series that gives you a closer look at the projects and the people who are improving health care quality and...
National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator I January 24, 2023
The first 2023 National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator will provide an opportunity to learn more about how you can partner with CMS to help implement its Strategic Plan and key initiatives. January 24, 2023 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT [symple_button...
Substance Abuse: Treatment is Available
If an individual is thinking about treatment for a substance abuse disorder, he or she is already making a move towards recovery. Fortunately, there are many programs and treatment centers available to help. More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses between...