Long Term Care (LTC)

Great Plains QIN Webinar: Addressing Health Equity in the Dakotas

Life is complicated and every person faces different challenges.  Financial status, culture, language, education, and even zip code has an impact on overall physical and mental health.  These social determinants impact positive health outcomes Addressing health disparities leads to health equity and improved quality of life.  As trusted community members, healthcare professionals aware of health

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Resilience – Individual, Organizational, Community (with annotations for pandemics)

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. Objectives: After this presentation, the participant, will be able to: Identify tools for resilience for care providers Identify traits of resilient communities and organizations Speaker:

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Great Plains QIN Webinar | Project Firstline: Cleaning is More than a Swiffer and Mr. Clean

This webinar aims to emphasize the importance of adhering to the basics of environmental cleaning and disinfection to promote patient and resident safety, staff wellness, and reduce healthcare acquired infections. Content is geared for environmental services workers, certified nurse aides, and nurses in long term care, hospitals, outpatient settings and clinics. Register Today. Presenter: Cheri Fast,

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Grand Forks Area Quality Care Coalition Meeting – POSTPONED

 GREAT PLAINS QIN  NORTH DAKOTA QUALITY CARE COALITION – POSTPONED Grand Forks, North Dakota | Community Coalition Meeting Prescription Drug Repository Program Presenter: Mark Hardy, Pharm D, Executive Director; North Dakota Board of Pharmacy This meeting is open to community partners and coalition members in the Grand Forks, ND area. If you are interested in attending and not receiving

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Fargo Area Quality Care Coalition Meeting – POSTPONED

Fargo, North Dakota | Community Coalition Meeting – POSTPONED The featured presentation will be Prescription Drug Repository Program Presenter: Mark Hardy, Pharm D, Executive Director; North Dakota Board of Pharmacy This meeting is open to community partners and coalition members in the Fargo, ND area. If you are interested in attending and not receiving meeting invites, please contact

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Minot Area Quality Care Coalition Meeting – POSTPONED

Minot, North Dakota | Community Coalition Meeting – Postponed Prescription Drug Repository Program Presenter: Mark Hardy, Pharm D, Executive Director; North Dakota Board of Pharmacy This meeting is open to community partners and coalition members in the Minot, ND area. If you are interested in attending and not receiving meeting invites, please contact Lisa Thorp, Great Plains QIN

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Great Plains QIN Webinar: Cross-Cutting Strategies to Improve Infection Prevention & Control​

Attend this Webinar to explore cross-cutting strategies to improve infection prevention and control. The Great Plains QIN team will explain how to use the performance tracking tool in your auditing/surveillance program​ and how to improve and/or implement competency and observation activities in your organization. Presenters will also highlight applicable resources, tools and events on the

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WEBINAR: Diabetes Lunch and Learn Series: Engaging Tribal Communities in Addressing Health Disparities [Session Four]

Individuals served by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) across the country routinely experience the strain of limited healthcare access due to geographic, financial or cultural barriers. The added pressures of social isolation and job insecurity during the pandemic magnified the struggle for those trying to manage a chronic health condition. According to the National Association

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