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Sites for All Participating Hospitals
Welcome to the Great Lakes Partners for Patients
Hospital Participation Site The Illinois Health and
Hospital Association (IHA), Michigan Health & Hospital
Association (MHA) and Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA)
have partnered to launch a unique initiative to assist our
members in reducing hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) and
readmissions under the new national Hospital Improvement
Innovation Network (HIIN) program.
About Us The Michigan Health & Hospital
Association (MHA) Keystone Center has been awarded a
two-year contract (with an optional third year based on
performance) Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN)
contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS). Together with IHA and WHA, this forms the
Great Lakes Partners for Patients HIIN. The Great
Lakes Partners for Patients partnership will build on the
quality improvement work of the MHA, IHA and WHA through
CMS’ national Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement
Network (HEN)
1.0 and
2.0, contracts awarded from 2011 to 2015.
Scope of Work Over the next three years, Great
Lakes Partners for Patients hospitals will focus on
implementing person and family engagement practices, enhance
antimicrobial stewardship, build cultures of high
reliability, reduce readmissions and address the following
11 types of inpatient harm:
- Adverse drug events
- Central line-associated blood stream infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Clostridium difficile bacterial infection, including
antibiotic stewardship
- Injury from falls and immobility
- Pressure ulcers
- Sepsis and septic shock
- Surgical site infections
- Venous thromboembolism
- Ventilator-associated events
- Readmissions
Why Participate? The Great Lakes Partners for
Patients gives participating hospitals the opportunity to
share solutions that have been successful in rural, urban
and suburban communities across Michigan, Illinois and
Wisconsin. The partnership allows us to continue
implementing innovations necessary to achieve goals to
prevent harm, save lives and lower healthcare costs.
Joining the Great Lakes Partners for Patients
means your hospital will have access to:
- High-quality resources, tools and webinars
- A data system to track progress on all applicable
topics
- Shared forums to help improvement teams address
barriers and provide encouragement
- National subject matter experts who can answer
questions and offer recommendations
Additionally, you and your team will have the opportunity
to:
- Network, both in person and virtually
- Train staff through a new Quality Essential Skills
Training (QuEST)
- Benchmark across nearly 330 hospitals
Our goal through the Great Lakes Partners for Patients
is to provide hospital teams with resources, networking
opportunities and coaching to accelerate improvements in the
quality of care delivered in Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin hospitals.
Questions? Contact: Michigan hospitals:
keystone@mha.org
Illinois hospitals:
ihen@team-iha.org
Wisconsin hospitals:
qualityteam@wha.org
About the MHA Keystone Center The MHA Keystone
Center is a nonprofit organization that brings patient
safety experts and hospitals together to work in
collaborative programs to improve patient safety and
healthcare quality and to reduce medical errors. To date,
the center has been funded by MHA-member hospitals, Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human
Services. For more information, visit
www.mhakeystonecenter.org. Follow the MHA Keystone
Center on
Twitter and
LinkedIn.
About IHA’s Institute for Innovations in Care and
Quality The Institute is a strategic center actively
engaged in implementing evidence-based quality and safety
initiatives while creating innovative member programs to
measurably strengthen the quality of healthcare across
Illinois. It aims to inform, empower and lead IHA members in
advancing Illinois as a person-centered, national model for
high-value healthcare.
About WHA The Wisconsin Hospital Association,
based in Madison, advocates for the ability of its 140
hospital and health system members to lead in the provision
of high quality, affordable, and accessible health care
services, resulting in healthier Wisconsin communities. WHA
is committed to serving member needs, keeping members
informed of important local and national legislative issues,
interpreting clinical and quality issues for members,
providing up-to-date educational information and encouraging
member participation in Association activities.
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