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Perinatal Mental Health Learning Community Continues its Vital Work
HQI’s Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) Learning Community, funded by the California Health Care Foundation, is continuing to provide vital programming and resources to more than 148 California hospitals, aligned with the requirements of Assembly Bill 3032 (Frazier).
The Shocking Truth Regarding Job-Related Problems Prior to Nurse Suicide
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 impact can be devastating. The experience of isolation, feelings of failure, public humiliation, […]
Latest Quality Transparency Dashboards Released in June
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 five outcome measures are: Central line-associated blood stream infection Colon surgical site infection Nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex Cesarean birth rate In-hospital sepsis mortality rate Hospital-wide all-cause 30-day unplanned readmission rate The three […]
Improving Patient Safety Reports for CHPSO Members by Reclassifying ‘Other’ Events
Among all the patient safety reports that CHPSO receives from members, about 50% end up classified in the catch-all event type of “Other” rather than in a specific clinical or other meaningful event type category (e.g., healthcare-associated infection, fall, medication error, etc.). Sometimes the reports are categorized into the “Other” category because the facts of […]
HQI President’s Message
For the past year, while much of the state has been locked down — working remotely and enjoying perhaps a slower pace of life — it’s been quite the opposite for our front-line health care workers. They stepped up, answered the call, working round the clock to care for patients, both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19. Through countless hand washings and gown changes, they had […]
HQI Elects New Board Members
At the Feb. 10 meeting, the HQI Board of Directors elected four new board members and extended the term for two members.
Quality Transparency Dashboards Provide Information on Eight Measures
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.
Perinatal Mental Health Learning Community Program Helps Hospitals Comply with AB 3032
Assembly Bill 3032, which was signed into law in 2019 and took effect in 2020, has two specific requirements for all California hospitals:
Lessons Learned: Delayed Care — The Harmful Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care
As we wrap up a pandemic year and work through2021 with COVID-19 still at large, the arrival of the vaccine leaves most of us cautiously optimistic at best. While there is light on the horizon, many are still, and will continue to be impacted by delays in care during this epic time. HQI kicked off its first Safe Table of the year with this topic. In January, we were privileged to host […]
Latest Updates on Hospital Quality Improvement Platform
Here’s what’s new with the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform. New incentive to participate: Hospitals that are part of Inland Empire Health Plan can qualify for a financial incentive for participating in the platform as part of their Hospital P4P Program. New reports in the queue A new series of reports on Social Determinants of Health that explore hospital Z-code usage are expected to be available in the platform by the end of […]