Newsroom & Reports
January 2022 CHPSO and HQIP Signal Detection Report
This is the third report of findings from HQI’s two sentinel signal detection systems. The systems automatically detect abnormal changes (i.e., signals) in the incidence of diagnosis codes from hospital discharge records in the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform (HQIP), as well as term frequencies from the Collaborative Healthcare Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO) safety reports. The key alerts […]
August 2021 CHPSO and HQIP Signal Detection Report
This is the second report from HQI’s sentinel signal detection systems. The top alerts for HQIP (July-November 2020) and CHPSO (October-December 2020) are as follows: To dive deeper into the HQIP and CHPSO signals driving these top alerts, read the full report below. More details on the methodology used in the signal detection systems and prior reports […]
CHPSO Examines Possible Contributing Factors in the Rise of Congenital Syphilis
For the past decade, cases of congenital syphilis — a disease that occurs when a mother with syphilis transmits the infection to her baby during pregnancy — have risen in an unprecedented fashion.
HQI Cares: Implementing BETA HEART Going Strong in 24 Hospitals
In the Inland Empire region of California, 24 hospitals are hard at work developing cultures of patient safety and caring for the caregivers under the guidance of HQI and its partner BETA Healthcare Group. The hospitals are a part of Inland Empire Health Plan’s Pay-for-Performance Program, which has added participation in HQI Cares: Implementing BETA HEART® as […]
Updated Quality Transparency Dashboards Now Available
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 include information on eight measures, with over 80 total measures on the data tab.
Use of Hospital Quality Improvement Platform Continues to Increase
Use of HQI’s Hospital Quality Improvement Platform — a quality analytics system that consolidates disparate data sources into a single, statewide platform — continues to increase as more hospitals complete their contract reviews.
Hospital Quality Improvement Platform Updates
Use of HQI’s Hospital Quality Improvement Platform (HQIP) — a quality analytics system that consolidates disparate data sources into a single, statewide platform — continues to increase as more hospitals complete their contract reviews.