It’s Not Too Late to Prevent the Flu!
It's that time of year again — flu season. And it is not too late to get your vaccine.
There are many reasons to get a...
Great Plains Quality Care Coalition Informational Webinar, Wednesday, January 22
The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN) contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has been awarded and finalized. As a new...
What is COARE?
​COARE stands for Community Opioid Abuse Response Effort. The aim of COARE is to identify applicable resources in relation to opioid prevention/treatment/recovery in communities...
CMS Provides Online Surveyor Training Resources
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Quality, Safety & Oversight Group reminds providers that online training is available to help surveyors and...
CMS Training for Nursing Home Antibiotic Stewardship Program
Establishing an effective antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) is essential for reducing the development of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO). To support this, the Center for...
CMS releases memorandum on Reporting of a Hospital Death Associated with Restraint or Seclusion
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Quality, Safety Oversight memorandum this week on mandatory reporting of a hospital death associated...
Hospice and Home Health Quality Measures Under Consideration
The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently posted the annual list of Measures Under Consideration (MUC) for future use in the hospice quality reporting program...
November is Clostridioides difficile Awareness Month
Clostridioides difficile (also known as C. diff)​ is estimated to cause almost half a million illnesses in the United States each year. C. diff is...
CDC Healthcare-Associated Infection Progress Report
CDC has published the 2018 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Progress Report. This report shows that the U.S. has made significant reductions in...
The Heart of the Matter
Is your organization or facility working on Heart Disease and Stroke? Did you know that South Dakota has a Cardiovascular Collaborative? The Cardiovascular Collaborative...
