by Maya Labat | Mar 4, 2024 | HQIC Success Stories
Baptist Medical Center South is a licensed 492-bed hospital in Montgomery, Alabama. As an enrolled hospital in Alliant Health’s Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) program, the hospital teams work to improve quality and patient safety, including infection...
by Maya Labat | Feb 28, 2024 | HQIC Success Stories
During the annual Georgia Hospital Association Patient Safety and Quality Summit, hospitals submit quality improvement projects for the chance to earn recognition and a GHA Patient Safety and Quality Award, which highlights the hospitals’ quality journey from the...
by Maya Labat | Jan 25, 2024 | HQIC Success Stories
In early 2023, the quality department at DeKalb Regional Medical Center (DRMC) – a 134-bed, full-service hospital in Fort Payne, Alabama–selected sepsis mortality as a performance improvement project. Although the sepsis bundle compliance rates were quite good as...
by Maya Labat | Dec 6, 2023 | HQIC Success Stories
An increased focus on antibiotic stewardship (ABS) began for Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in WaKeeney, Kansas, about two years ago, shortly after the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) released a statewide...
by Maya Labat | Dec 6, 2023 | HQIC Success Stories
In November 2022, the CDC released Priorities for Hospital Core Element Implementation (Priorities) as supplemental guidance to help enhance the quality and impact of existing ASPs. The Priorities Table highlights highly effective implementation approaches and is...