Events
HQIC Quality Leader Summit 2022 | June 14, 2022
The Alliant Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) team will discuss updates based on the 18 month goals and accomplishments for our 150 enrolled hospitals. The Alliant HQIC team and partners will discuss the new hospital cohorts based on patient safety topics, revised coaching packages and educational opportunities including webinars and podcasts. A demonstration of hospital data […]
HQIC LAN – Moving Forward Using Lessons Learned to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Join Us for Part Two of the Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Learning & Action Network Series
Preventing CLABSI remains a national patient safety priority given its associated harms of increased hospital length of stay, costs, morbidity and a 12–25 % mortality rate. Recent studies have shown that during the COVID-19 pandemic many hospitals experienced a significant […]
HQIC LAN – Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs)
Join us for part three of the Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Learning & Action Network Series. Over the last two years, progress toward eliminating HAIs has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) remain a significant risk to patient safety. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on any given […]
HQIC LAN – Sepsis Care | August 25, 2022
In the U.S., one person dies every two minutes from sepsis. Many organizations have initiated programs around caring for the septic patient that falls short of desired outcomes. The complexity of the disease, variability in presentation of the patient, and the skill and knowledge level of the provider makes this core measure distinctly different and potentially […]
HQIC LAN – Keep Calm and Prevent CAUTI and CLABSI | Sept. 27, 2022
OVERVIEW:
Data from the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) show a significantly higher incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in 2021 compared to 2019. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, prevention of CAUTIs and CLABSIs remains a patient safety priority in hospitals to reduce patient harm and costs […]
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention in Action: Strategies from the Field | Oct. 27, 2022
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) show a significantly higher incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in 2021 compared to 2019. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, prevention of CAUTIs remains a patient safety priority in hospitals to reduce patient harm and costs and improve outcomes.
This presentation […]
HQIC Quality Leaders Summit | January 17, 2023
Join this exciting webinar to learn how the Alliant Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) program has improved patient outcomes for our 147 enrolled hospitals in the past two years. This webinar will also focus on patient and family engagement (PFE) and strategies to improve the five structural metrics. Hospitals will present their accomplishments and barriers to […]
Connecting Your Hospital Culture of Safety to Patient Harm Reduction | Jan. 17, 2023
According to the New England Journal of Medicine in February 2022, the strides made toward improving patient safety were quickly and severely reversed amid the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic that swept the nation indicating that the healthcare system lacks a sufficient resilient safety culture and infrastructure. This has brought to light an opportunity and obligation to reevaluate […]
A Practical Guide for Advancing Health Equity – HQIC LAN
OVERVIEW:
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges and intensified systemic health disparities that have pushed the conversation around health equity from “why is this important?” to “how do we do this?” Based on regulatory requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and The Joint Commission (TJC), hospitals have a critical […]