QIO News Posts
AgriSafe Network I Vaccine Social Media Toolkit Available
AgriSafe Network | Protecting the People Who Feed The World The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard for everyone, especially essential agricultural workers. The AgriSafe Network developed a Vaccine Social Media Toolkit for rural organizations and community groups,...
Great Plains QIN Webinar: Healing and Improving Ourselves and Our Places of Work as We Recover from COVID-19 I May 20, 2022
According to the World Health Organization, burnout is a syndrome resulting from workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It’s characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from one’s job or...
Thirteen North Dakota Nurses Honored as the Heart of Health Care
The Bismarck Tribune has partnered with local hospitals, nursing schools, long-term care and businesses to recognize nurses in the Bismarck, Mandan and the surrounding area who go above and beyond to deliver compassionate care. Access the article. This year, 68...
National Nurses Month | Week #2 Recognition
This week for National Nurses Month, the theme is Recognition. We are all indebted to nurses for their unwavering commitment to patients, their communities and our health care systems. Honor the work of nurses who lead, excel, and innovate, not only in our health care...
CMS Releases Its Chronic Pain Experience Journey Map
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently released the Chronic Pain Experience Journey Map which highlights the most prominent barriers experienced by people accessing care and the influencers acting on providers. These access issues and...
Older Americans Month I May 2022
Every May, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) leads the nation’s observance of Older Americans Month (OAM). The 2022 theme is Age My Way, an opportunity for all of us to explore the many ways older adults can remain in and be involved with their...
Great Plains QIN Webinar: Palliative Care in the Dakotas | May 17, 2022
Rural adults are more likely than urban counterparts to have a larger range of chronic conditions³ and extensive disparities in health, such as greater rates of death, pain and suffering and reduced life expectancy². The increasing need for palliative care services...
National Nurses Month | Self-Care – Taking Care of YOU!
Being a nurse requires consistently caring for others and paying close attention to the physical and mental state of patients. Selflessly showing up for others is an incredible task, but often, those closest to the health care system are at the highest risk of...
Great Plains QIN Vaccination Tracking Log Updated
Great Plains QIN updated the GPQIN Electronic Vaccination Tracking Log to include the second COVID-19 booster, pneumococcal vaccines PCV15 and PCV20. This Excel tracking log is designed as a 'quick review' for the MDS person and/or infection preventionist to access a...
North Dakota Stepping On Program Facilitator Training Opportunity | June 8 – 10
Stepping On Training Opportunity in North Dakota About 36 million falls are reported among older adults each year—resulting in more than 32,000 deaths. Each year, about 3 million older adults are treated in emergency departments for a...