Use of HQI’s updated 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.
The second year of HQI Cares: Implementing BETA HEART® — a multi-year program to advance patient safety in partnership with BETA Healthcare Group and Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) — is off to a good start with 32 hospitals participating.
A well-done root cause analysis (RCA) can save lives, especially when it is shared at a CHPSO Safe Table so that many hospitals can benefit. At a Safe Table in February, a CHPSO member shared a situation involving the death of a patient who was admitted for chest pain, abdominal pain, and alcohol withdrawal.
In some cases, meaning gets lost behind a string of words.
Substance use disorders are sometimes seen as challenging to manage, especially in the hospital setting. However, with the right processes and systems in place, hospitals play a critical role in improving care and outcomes for people with substance use disorders. This webinar, Integrating High-Quality Substance Use Disorder Care into Hospitals, will equip healthcare providers with […]
Physician and nurse burnout is a hospital workforce challenge with effects that ripple throughout institutions. For decades, Nature Sacred has, together with researchers and hospitals, honed a solution that relies on biophilic intervention as a means to build resilient, high-performing teams; and to foster a culture and community of healing. During this session, Nature Sacred […]
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is on the rise in the United States. Many patients with OUD also require opioids for the control of pain, and, due to developing tolerance, doses are higher than average. Posing a safety risk. This presentation will introduce the audience to multimodal analgesic strategies that incorporate treatment for OUD.
This session will navigate a human centered approach to violence prevention. We will explore Workplace Violence Prevention interventions including practical approaches to workforce wellness, continuous monitoring systems and skill building. We will share our experience and current initiatives to reduce the impact of violence in healthcare to spark conversation and share ideas you can apply […]
Engaging patient family partners into quality improvement projects provides critical insights to inform identification of improvement priorities as well as to add the “why” to the data improvement strategies are built on. Join this session to hear examples of how health systems are tapping into their patients, family caregivers and communities as a resource to drive […]
Health care disparities, defined as variation in quality and safety of care by patient sociodemographic characteristics, have been a significant and persistent problem in American health care. While California hospitals and hospital systems have often been at the forefront of the quest to achieve health care equity, significant work still remains ahead of us. This […]