QIO News Posts
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...
Nursing Home Single Dose COVID-19 Vaccination Option
As COVID-19 hits its three-year mark, we have seen nursing homes take some of the biggest hits of the virus with their patients and their staff. Nursing homes homes are now able to enroll in CDC's COVID-19 Vaccination Program to obtain single-dose vials of a COVID-19...
Five Things We Learned About Alzheimer’s Disease in 2022
2022 was a productive and promising year for Alzheimer’s research, including discoveries related to the causes, risk factors and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Below are five important things we learned about Alzheimer’s in 2022: Alzheimer’s...
Educating, Empowering & Supporting: Midwest Gender Identity Summit I January 13, 2023
The Transformational Project and Sanford Health are presenting the Midwest Gender Identity Summit. Educating, Empowering & Supporting the transgender community through the lens of healthcare. This one day event will highlight the needs of transgender patients in...
What Can We Do About Opioids?
Did you know? The number of drug overdose deaths increased by nearly 30% from 2019 to 2020 and has quintupled since 1999. Nearly 75% of the 91,799 drug overdose deaths in 2020 involved an opioid. 187 people die every day from an opioid overdose.¹ Medical personnel,...
Join CHAD for Equity Talk Session – The Community Health Center Movement | January 12, 2023
Join the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD) as they reflect on an expanded narrative of the community health center movement. CHAD’s Equity Talk series provides a platform for interactive learning about local health inequities, life experiences and...
Register Today | Friday Focus 4 Health Series Begins Friday, January 6
The January 2023 Series begins this Friday (January 6) and will focus on Opioids and Adverse Drug Events. You can register for the Opioid session or Adverse Drug Event session (or both). [symple_button...
National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call | January 5, 2023 at 2 pm CT
Join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday January 5, 2023 at 2:00 pm CT for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Thursday January 5, 2023 I 2:00 pm CT Long-term care providers, facility...
Tools for Holiday Heart Health
Several studies have shown that the holiday season – notably the last week of December and early January – see the most out of- hospital heart attacks and cardiac deaths. A “Christmas holiday effect” showing elevated cardiovascular mortality over the Christmas...
Quitting Tobacco: Quitlines Can Help
Smoking alone kills more than 480,000 Americans each year, and for every person who dies because of smoking, at least 30 people live with a serious smoking-related illness.¹ There are many reasons to stop smoking tobacco products. The many health issues caused by,...