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Updated Quality Transparency Dashboards Now Available 

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HQI, in cooperation with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation and the California Hospital Association (CHA), creates and distributes quarterly dashboards of publicly available quality data for each CHA acute care member hospital. These model dashboards currently provide information on eight measures, and over 80 total measures on the data tab.   

Ask CHPSO: Learning More about CHPSOData

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Here are a few questions and answers about the new CHPSOData platform. 

What is the CHPSOData platform? 

CHPSO has partnered with SpeedTrack to create CHPSOData, a new event reporting and analytics platform that will replace the current system administered through NextPlane/Press Ganey. This new solution will provide members with multifactor authentication, streamlined safety event reporting, expanded event categorization, and a new comparative analytics capability. 

Reducing Harm from Respiratory Depression in Non-ICU Patients Through Risk Mitigation and Respiratory Monitoring Guidelines of Care Tool Kit

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Available now:   Reducing Harm from Respiratory Depression in Non-ICU Patients Through Risk Mitigation and Respiratory Monitoring Guidelines of Care Tool Kit – PDF Edition – November 2017 The purpose of this tool kit is to provide evidenced-based recommendations and best practices on safe and effective assessment, monitoring, […]

Lessons Learned: The Impact of Bias on Quality and Patient Safety

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Racial health disparities have been a major focus in health care in recent years. Growing research illustrates the negative impact implicit bias has on racial and ethnic minorities in the United States.   The data reveal these groups experience higher rates of illness and death in a wide range of health conditions (diabetes, hypertension, obesity, […]

2022 Safe Table Meeting Schedule

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Date Time Topic 01/12/2022 10:00-11:00 a.m. Pacific The Pressure of Preventing Skin Injuries – An Evidence-Based Approach 01/27/2022 10:00-11:00 a.m. Pacific Searches by Private Citizens in an Acute Care Hospital 03/10/2022 11:00-12:00 p.m. Pacific HAI Management: A Physician Perspective  03/24/2022 10:00-11:00 […]

HQI President’s Message

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We’re 18+ months into the pandemic, but your staff may feel like it’s March 2020 again. Some of your hospitals may be dealing with a current influx of COVID-19 patients that is straining resources to the max, along with a workforce shortage. But no matter the need, through surge after surge, they’ve been there for their communities.  

Look for CHPSO 2020 Annual Report in Mid-October

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Every year, the Collaborative Healthcare Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO) provides members with an annual report highlighting patient safety-related activities, analytics, and a review of membership and database status.   This annual report will cover Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2020. It will be available on the CHPSO website, […]

HQI President’s Message

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Earlier this month, California reached a milestone that at many times throughout the course of the past year might have seemed unattainable. The state has now “reopened” for business, retiring the color-coded tier system and relaxing social distancing and capacity restrictions. After more than 15 months of numerous public health orders, three surges of cases, countless mask and gown changes along with many sleepless nights, the COVID-19 pandemic has finally given us a little bit of breathing room.  

The Shocking Truth Regarding Job-Related Problems Prior to Nurse Suicide

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.It has often been referred to as the “silence of shame.” Mental health conditions, substance use, and workplace events have been documented as contributing antecedents to nurse suicides. When a nurse is at risk for losing or loses his/her license, the psychological […]

Latest Quality Transparency Dashboards Released in June

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.HQI, in cooperation with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation and the California Hospital Association (CHA), creates and distributes quarterly dashboards of publicly available quality data for each CHA acute care member hospital. These model dashboards currently provide information on eight measures.  The […]