Quality Corner: Healthcare Workforce Shortage
States across the country have been experiencing a workforce shortage of health professionals. The most pressing concern is the shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs),...
Kepro Upcoming Webinar and Podcast: Aging Health Matters
Kepro is a diversified healthcare information company that emphasizes excellence in customer service. Kepro works under contract to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,...
SDAHO Quality Integration Team Connect for Successful Professional Development
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) Quality Integration department provides valuable resources to members by focusing on organizational leadership, patient safety, process...
Quality Corner: Performance and Process Improvement – Leadership
This past week, the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) and South Dakota Association for Healthcare Quality (SDAHQ) partnered on a Spring event...
Congratulations Katie Folkert for Earning CPHQ Certification
​Congratulations to Katie Folkerts, Clinical Quality Specialist, with Sanford Canton-Inwood Hospital for recently securing her Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ). The CPHQ is...
Palliative Care ECHO: Free Continuing Education Credits Available
Overcoming the obstacles of distance and locally unavailable expertise can be a challenge. That is where the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Project...
What is a Community Health Worker?
A Community Health Worker (CHW) is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of...
Quality Corner: Collaboration and Partnerships
There have been many valuable lessons learned through COVID-19 pandemic. Quality measures and process improvement activities continue to be a priority however with the...
SDAHO’s Quality Department CPHQ Certified
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) is excited to announce the entire SDAHO Quality Integration Department have earned their Certified Professional in...
SDAHO’s Becky Heisinger Selected to Serve on the NGMA Certification Council
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) is excited to announce Becky Heisinger, Director of Quality Integration, has been selected to serve on...