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Working Together for Patient Safety and Quality Care
HQI is committed to supporting hospitals in their efforts toward delivering the safest and highest quality care possible. The people you care for depend on you, and you depend on us. But it’s important to remember that HQI depends on you. The data we receive from our members is the foundation for what we do. The more timely and complete the data that’s submitted, the more comprehensive, up-to-date, and actionable our analyses will be.
Case Study: Incidence Rates, Mortality Rates, and Correlations of SEP-1/2 and SEP-3 Sepsis Measures
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HQI Quality Analytics System Hospital Enrollment and Enhancements
Enrollment in the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform (HQIP) jumped substantially in the last quarter due to increased registration among hospitals participating in L.A. Care Health Plan’s Hospital Pay-for-Performance (P4P) incentive program. Recent updates to HQIP include a new report on 30-day Hospital-Wide All-Cause Unplanned Readmission that is more closely based on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) methodology.
Safer Care Requires Timely Data
Patient safety in health care involves many interacting factors. Some solutions for patient safety that initially appear straightforward may not achieve the desired outcomes. For instance, using soft mats to prevent falls in hospitals can inadvertently increase fall rates by creating tripping hazards, and the material used may harbor bacteria that lead to infections.
HQI Cares: Helping Hospitals Achieve the Anticipated CMS Patient Safety Measure
Doing all we can to ensure patient safety is not just the right thing to do, it is also increasingly an expectation of hospital regulators.
Update: HQI’s Community of Practice (CoP) for Eliminating Workplace Violence
HQI’s Community of Practice for Eliminating Workplace Violence provides monthly educational programming and a collaborative peer network for individuals addressing hospital workplace violence.
Carlix Lung Returns to HQI as Programmer Analyst
We are thrilled to announce the return of Carlix Lung to HQI, this time as a full-time member of our dynamic team. Carlix, who previously interned with us as a student data assistant, has come back to contribute his expertise and passion for problem-solving in a full-time role of programmer analyst.
Q1 2024 Hospital Outpatient Signal Detection Report
About HQI’s Sentinel Signal Detection System Report HQI’s sentinel signal detection system automatically detects abnormal changes (i.e., signals) in the incidence of diagnosis categories from hospital encounter records in the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform (HQIP). Every quarter, HQI aggregates these signals across reporting hospitals to provide a statewide perspective. In Q1 2024, flu season continues, and […]
2023 CHPSO Annual Report Now Available
The 2023 CHPSO Annual Report is now available. It’s an overview of HQI’s most significant work on your behalf.
Q4 2023 Hospital In-Patient Signal Detection Report
About HQI’s Sentinel Signal Detection System Report
HQI’s sentinel signal detection system automatically detects abnormal changes (i.e., signals) in the incidence of diagnosis categories from hospital encounter records in the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform (HQIP). Every quarter, HQI aggregates these signals across reporting hospitals to provide a statewide perspective.