Alabama Hospital Develops Community Program to Decrease Health Disparities

by Maya Labat | Jul 9, 2024 | HQIC Success Stories

Baptist Medical Center South, a 492-bed hospital in Montgomery, Alabama, is addressing health disparities in their communities. Their focus is on uncontrolled diabetes in younger African-American patients, and the priority population is African-American patients under...

Hospitals Improve Readmissions Rate Using KONZA Health Information Exchange (HIE)

by Maya Labat | Jun 27, 2024 | HQIC Success Stories

Alliant partnered with KONZA (a health information exchange provider) to provide services to hospitals in Kansas under the Hospital Quality Improvement Contract (HQIC). The technical assistance provided includes data analysis and monthly one-on-one coaching calls. The...

Pullman Regional Hospital’s Journey to a High Reliability Organization (HRO)

by Maya Labat | Jun 27, 2024 | HQIC Success Stories

Pullman Regional Hospital, a critical access hospital in Pullman, Washington, has demonstrated its commitment to a high-reliability organization that aligns and integrates systems of safety, clinical practice, quality and risk management, human resources, finance, and...

From High Reliability Organizations (HRO) to Resiliency Engineering—The Future of Patient Safety | July 11, 2024

by Maya Labat | Jun 10, 2024

Patient safety remains at the forefront of our minds. Our challenge as health care leaders is to support our teams, particularly front-line staff, in making good patient safety choices by creating systems that prevent errors and encourage early identification and harm...

Infection Prevention and Sepsis Recognition in Home Care | June 13, 2024

by Maya Labat | Jun 10, 2024

This session will review strategies for preventing infections that can lead to sepsis while receiving post-acute care in the home setting, whether from home health or families and caregivers. Patient, family and staff education tools and resources will be shared to...