Alliant HQIC Newsletter – January 2023
January 9, 2023
This monthly newsletter highlights the latest insights, resources, and evidence-based best practices.
Our hope is that this newsletter makes it easy for you to stay on top of trends and allows you to provide the best possible care for those you work with and serve.
In This Issue:
- CMS News: Save the Date: 2023 CMS Quality Conference
- Upcoming HQIC LAN event: Connecting Your Hospital Culture of Safety to Patient Harm Reduction
- Past HQIC Events: HQIC Cohort Celebration
- Register for our Next Office Hours-IP Chat
- Study: Older Opioid Patients Experience More Adverse Events After Injury
- Risk Factors for Opioid-Related Adverse Drug Events Among Older Adults After Hospital Discharge
- Empowerment of Nurses in Antibiotic Stewardship: A Social-Ecological Qualitative Analysis
- Study: Emergent Themes From a Quality Improvement Program for CLABSI/CAUTI Prevention in ICUs Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Study: Clinical Decision Support Improves Blood Culture Collection Before Intravenous Antibiotic Administration in the Emergency Department
- White Paper: From Safety-I to Safety-II
- NHSN Reporting and COVID-19 Hospital Data Transitions
- Guidance on MRSA and C. diff Lab ID Reporting
- Study: Evidence-Based Processes To Prevent Readmisions
- AHRQ Releases Annual Update on U.S. Health Care Quality, Equity
- Best Practices: Fairview Park Hospital Awarded “A” Hospital Safety Grade from Leapfrog Group
- Success Stories: Kansas Critical Access Hospital Prevents CAUTI and Decreases Catheter Days