QIO News Posts
![Resilience – Individual, Organization, Community | Presentation and Recording Available](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/hand-reaching-up-to-sky-unsplash-1280-1080x300.jpg)
Resilience – Individual, Organization, Community | Presentation and Recording Available
An overwhelming 55 percent of front-line health care workers are reporting burnout¹. Burnout is rarely an individual issue alone. Dr. Andrew McLean, MD, MPH; Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences,...
![CDC’s New Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/immunization-file1280x300-1080x300.jpg)
CDC’s New Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published new pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adults 19 years or older who have not previously received a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or whose previous vaccination history is unknown. CDC now...
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February is American Heart Month – Cardiovascular Health For ALL
Every year more than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease¹. The number one cause of deaths for most groups, heart disease affects all ages, genders and ethnicities. Risk factors include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and excessive alcohol...
![Online Course Available: Achieving Health Equity](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/quality-3629642_1280-1080x300.jpg)
Online Course Available: Achieving Health Equity
This 2-hour, self-paced course offers education on how to identify and eliminate health disparities in your organization. The course will help your organization prioritize the elimination of disparities as a cross-cutting initiative to improve the quality of care for...
![Interactive COVID-19 Vaccine Conversations Module for Healthcare Professionals](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/females-doc-pt1280x300-1-1080x300.jpg)
Interactive COVID-19 Vaccine Conversations Module for Healthcare Professionals
Healthcare professionals are patients’ and parents’ most-trusted source of information on vaccines¹. Motivational interviewing allows us to serve as an objective partner when it comes to decision making. Why does it work for vaccine hesitancy? Those that are in the...
![Webinar: Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) Program | January 26, 2022](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Elderly-couple-hug1280x300-1080x300.jpg)
Webinar: Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) Program | January 26, 2022
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 1:00 pm CT Healthcare providers and stakeholders...
![Meet Our Newest Team Member: Jenifer Lauckner, RN](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/team-thought-bubbles-1080x300.jpg)
Meet Our Newest Team Member: Jenifer Lauckner, RN
Jenifer Lauckner is the newest member of the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network team; she will be supporting nursing homes and communities as a Quality Improvement Advisor. My work experience…I worked at St. Andrew’s Health Center, a Critical Access Hospital,...
![COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassadors – We Celebrate You!](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/vaccination1280x300-1080x300.jpg)
COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassadors – We Celebrate You!
109 organizations have been recognized as a COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador. This is something to CELEBRATE. Great Plains Quality Innovation Network launched our COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador Program to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and recognize...
![Resilience – Individual, Organization, Community | Presentation and Recording Available](https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/hand-reaching-up-to-sky-unsplash-1280-1080x300.jpg)
Great Plains QIN Webinar: Resilience – Individual, Organizational, Community (with annotations for pandemics) | January 25, 2022
January 25, 2022 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. CT Burnout is rarely an individual issue alone. This presentation will discuss risks related to caretaker/provider health during times of crises as well as models for both individual and organizational wellness. [button...
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Thursday’s BOOST WIth Your QIO: Nursing Homes Are Invited to Join
A Weekly Education and Sharing Session for North Dakota and South Dakota Nursing Homes Thursdays @ 4:00 CT/3:00 MT | Beginning January 20, 2022 Join Us. We will help your home access and understand new COVID-19 recommendation and guidance. An office hours format will...