Members Defy Uneven Progress in Fight Against Sepsis
Sept. 1, 2015 ||We're making progress in the fight against sepsis - and essential hospitals are doing their part - but we still have much work left to do.
view more »We're making progress in the fight against sepsis - and essential hospitals are doing their part - but we still have much work left to do.
view more »The HLQAT helps hospitals figure out how aligned senior executives and clinical managers are on factors correlated with high quality care.
view more »Amid troubling reports, essential hospitals work diligently to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors - and succeed
view more »Association's new online magazine adds human-focused, emotional storytelling to its public policy, education, performance improvement, and research offerings.
view more »CDC lists the Partnership for Patients, which includes the association's Essential Hospitals Engagement Network, among initiatives that have lowered the rate of health care-associated infections.
view more »Using a collaborative approach, Alameda Health System's Highland Hospital reduced its Clostridium difficile rate due to antibiotic exposure by 68.2 percent between 2010 through the second quarter of 2014.
view more »Preliminary estimates show that hospital patients experienced 1.3 million fewer hospital-acquired conditions from 2010 to 2013.
view more »The first of two webinars featuring sustainability expert Lynne Maher, PhD, MBA, who will summarize a tested and proven model for assessing improvement projects.
view more »Using a diligent campaign of education, communication, and process changes aimed at reducing hospital-acquired infections, Maricopa Integrated Health System improved patient safety, reduced the incidence of infection, and shortened patients’ length of stay.
view more »Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital recognized an opportunity to lead the way by developing a comprehensive, systems-based care transitions program to give patients proper care and the tools they need to stay out of the hospital.
view more »Learn how Texas' approach to DSRIP waivers fosters partnerships and increases the focus on community needs
view more »Learn how to improve outcomes for preeclampsia patients
view more »America's Essential Hospitals joins the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in recognizing the recent accomplishments of hospital engagement networks and other safety and quality initiatives. Federal officials announced May 7 that the initiatives have decreased patient harm by 9 percent and readmissions by 8 percent.
view more »This is the third webinar in the Essential Hospitals Engagement Network’s patient harm series.
view more »Using a step-by-step approach, Truman Medical Centers implemented a variety of interventions across 2012 that decreased the prevalence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers by 78 percent.
view more »Learn about ICU utilization and infection control at the national level and a new tool for tracking CAUTI
view more »Legislation expected next week from Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH) would help ensure Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program does not unfairly penalize hospitals that care for vulnerable patients. The association offered support for the bill, which would protect hospitals whose patients might experience higher readmission rates due to socioeconomic conditions.
view more »In new commentary, association president and CEO explores historical roots of care disparities, calls on all hospitals to take up fight to improve health care equity
view more »Leaders discussed Just Culture algorithms and the difference between reckless behavior and a blameless error
view more »This session focused on the daily safety huddle
view more »This webinar discussed how to achieve system-level results and the powers of transparency in health care
view more »Jim Reinertsen, MD, discussed how starting leadership meetings with a patient story can be impactful
view more »Participants focused on reality rounding and fixing problems that are uncovered through these meetings
view more »This session highlighted the value of transparency and effective disclosure practices
view more »Participants discussed high reliability principles and strategies
view more »Dr. Jim Reinertsen discussed why engaging physicians is important to quality and patient safety
view more »Leaders shared their most recent unit-level Culture of Safety survey results
view more »Discuss what's happening in your units that use electronic health records
view more »Learn how to carry out a crisis management plan when a patient safety disaster occurs
view more »The federal Partnership for Patients initiative will support for a third year the association's Essential Hospitals Engagement Network (EHEN), one of 26 such networks nationally working to reduce nine hospital-acquired conditions by 40 percent and 30-day readmissions by 20 percent by the end of 2014.
view more »Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital's patient safety officer highlights the power of data and transparency to reduce hospital harm events.
view more »Determine your organization’s quality plans and safety goals
view more »Review emerging leadership best practices and daily operational safety briefings
view more »Learn how your organization can become transparent about safety problems
view more »Reduce patient harm using 15-minute safety huddles, which convene representatives from across the organization to address potential safety concerns.
view more »This was the fourth webinar in this Patient and Family Engagement series, which focused on bedside care.
view more »Learn innovative ways to guide patients across the care continuum safely and efficiently.
view more »Learn about high-risk areas for limited English proficient patients and improvement strategies
view more »Truman Medical Centers reduced central line-associated blood stream infections in its intensive care units through an evidence-based strategy.
view more »Learn how you can improve your opportunities for successfully reducing falls.
view more »Participants heard from an expert on the importance of sustainable patient/family relationships
view more »The EHEN was one of 26 hospital engagement networks funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services through the Partnership for Patients, a national initiative to reduce preventable hospital-acquired conditions by 40 percent and 30-day readmissions by 20 percent by 2013.
view more »Prevent complications by implementing the ABCDE Bundle
view more »Patient advisors are essential in building partnerships with patients, family, and medical staff
view more »Listen to this event to learn how to successfully reduce falls in your unit
view more »Regional Medical Center's initiative to transform its safety culture helped the hospital go a year without a ventilator-associated pneumonia case in its NICU and periods of 100 days between central line-associated bloodstream infections.
view more »How to develop a Medicaid Support Program
view more »Two essential hospitals discussed the implications of low health literacy and tools for improvement
view more »San Mateo Medical Center began its patient experience journey by forming a team that consulted with patients to identify five key areas for improvement.
view more »Innovative, team-based programs to keep patients from coming back to the hospital
view more »Eskenazi Health used a multifaceted and interdisciplinary falls prevention strategy to reduce falls by 40 percent from a 2010 baseline to the second quarter of 2013.
view more »Participants learned how to use a simple method to accurately identify ADEs
view more »Create framework for a patient and family engagement program in your hospital
view more »Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, an epidemiologist at Jackson Memorial Hospital, discussed how using applications of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) has affected CLABSI rates in her institution. Jamie St. Clair RN, MS, and Brenda Vermillion, RN, with The Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center reviewed how certain blood culture techniques and environmental decontamination, along with CHG bathing,
view more »Highlights from the America's Essential Hospitals 2013 Annual Conference
view more »Participants learned how to identify race, ethnicity, and language disparities in health care
view more »Harbor-UCLA and Rancho Los Amigos shared improvement stories
view more »Develop an organizational harm score to monitor progress toward reducing harm
view more »Hear findings, common barriers, and results of the Bladder Bundle Program
view more »Learn how to redesign internal processes to improve medication reconciliation
view more »Surgical site infection coding challenges and strategies to prevent colorectal SSIs
view more »Four EHEN members share stories on outcome and process measure results
view more »UT Health Northeast sharply reduces readmissions by analyzing possible causes and identifying specific areas in need of attention and resources, including staff follow-up efforts and patient discharge instructions.
view more »A review of the INTERACT toolkit
view more »Santa Clara Valley Medical Center builds on its success reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections by taking a systemic approach to sustain improvements and spread impactful practices to all units.
view more »Hear how EHEN improvement teams addressed key drivers of ADE and VTE
view more »This session engaged hospitals with patients and families to improve patient safety
view more »A look at the Transitions Care Program at St. Luke's Treasure Valley
view more »Review VAP interventions, run charts, and key driver diagrams
view more »One ICU’s success rippled throughout the organization, significantly improving patient safety by helping the 676-bed hospital achieve an impressive drop in hospital-acquired pressure ulcers.
view more »Harbor-UCLA shared successes and challenges with cutting readmissions using BOOST tools
view more »Review of changes to The Joint Commission Perinatal Care Core measure set
view more »Maricopa explained how their burn center slashed CLABSIs
view more »The Cleveland hospital achieved notable reductions in hospital-acquired infections through a program that deployed four teams to manage drivers of hand hygiene compliance.
view more »Hear what HAC reduction teams learned from their tests of change
view more »Through a March of Dimes collaborative, the hospital, which delivers about one-third of babies born in El Paso, reduced its EED rate from 27 percent to 0 percent and became the city's first hospital to eliminate EEDs.
view more »This session reviewed key driver diagrams and highlighted an electronic risk assessment model – derived from clinical and nonclinical factors – that helps predict which patients are at risk for 30-day readmission within 24 hours of admission.
view more »Truman Medical Centers employed a strategy that integrated diabetes care across all inpatient and outpatient departments, designated physician champions, and used data to identify high-risk patients.
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