Quality Corner: Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project
As quality professionals, we understand the value of continuing education. Without consistent development of our skill sets, we risk...
Quality Corner: Recertification Guidelines to Maintain CPHQ Certification
A Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality Certification (CPHQ) is the only option for accredited certification in healthcare quality. Over...
Quality Corner: A Day in the Life of Quality Professional
Jess Whitney is the clinical quality coordinator for Monument Health Custer and Lead-Deadwood Hospitals. Jess has two young daughters,...
Quality Corner: Quality data due 1st quarter of 2023
The quality team at SDAHO wants to remind participating member hospitals of the quality data due for the first...
Quality Corner: Healthcare Quality Week and Infection Prevention Week
This month’s Quality Corner article is dedicated to recognizing the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) Healthcare Quality Week...
Quality Corner: Improving Sepsis Care in a Critical Access Hospital
Sepsis is a life-threating condition that leads to the deaths of more than 210,000 people across the nation every...
Quality Corner: SDAHO Member Facility Featured in Compass Navigator
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) is excited to lift up member facility, Sanford Clear Lake Medical...
Quality Corner: Tools to Combat Opioid Related Overdoses
Across the United States, there have been pressing concerns related to opioid related overdoses. Drug overdose related deaths have...
Quality Corner: Healthcare Workforce Shortage
States across the country have been experiencing a workforce shortage of health professionals. The most pressing concern is the...
Quality Corner: Quality and Data
Quality has always been an intregal part of the healthcare industry. Data drives decision making and without it, quality...