Newsroom & Reports
2020 Vision: The Future of HQI
In the coming year, HQI will continue to provide member support on pressing patient safety issues, including a particular focus on three main areas: Data Enrichment Vast amounts of data are available through hospital submissions (from California and, soon, 19 other states) and state systems. Both CHPSO and HQI are uniquely positioned to engage in a […]
2019 C. Duane Dauner Award Winners Announced
HQI received 33 applications for 2019 C. Duane Dauner Quality Award. Through a careful review via an external panel of judges, three applicant organizations were recognized:
HQI Conference Draws Patient Safety Leaders to Sacramento
Conference highlights, C. Duane Dauner Award winners, update on next year’s event
Teamwork: The Road to Respect, Reliability, and Resilience
Everyone in health care is in the business of saving lives, whether you are a front line caregiver, an equipment supplier, an environmental engineer, an executive, an analyst, or any other position that touches the processes, systems, environment, or evaluation of health care. We are all in the business of saving lives, and we must function […]
Register Today for 2020 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit
The 8th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit is co-convened with the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), and the European Society of Anesthesiology (ESA). This event will bring together all stakeholder groups to discuss novel solutions to the leading challenges facing hospitals today.
New HQI Data Analytics Platform Offers Consolidated Data, Benchmarking Tools
At October’s annual conference, HQI launched the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform — a system that consolidates disparate data sources into a single, statewide platform. Its reports and benchmarking tools fuel improvement with intelligence, providing hospital leaders with invaluable quality performance analytics. To date, 339 hospitals have been contacted for participation; of those, 185 responded favorably. Eighty […]
HQI Announces Perinatal Mental Health Initiative
In February 2020, HQI will launch a perinatal mental health (PMH) initiative aimed at continuing the strides California hospitals have made in improving maternity care. The initiative will help hospital perinatal staff understand, recognize, and effectively respond to mental health issues in the perinatal period. It will also help hospitals comply with a new law […]
Last Chance to Submit 2019 Event Data to CHPSO
Each year, CHPSO provides members with an update of the safety event reports submitted to the CHPSO database. Under a federal law, CHPSO provides a protection to hospitals by collecting safety event data. In turn, CHPSO analyzes these data from member organizations and provides specific feedback to hospitals and shares general, de-identified information with the […]