The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) is a provider-led and patient-focused nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a culture of continuous improvement in healthcare.  Please navigate through our website with the tabs above. On the right you will find the Iowa Report, which contains hospital performance data throughout our state.

IHC Mission: The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative facilitates exceptional healthcare quality and safety for Iowans.

IHC Vision: An Iowa healthcare culture of continuous improvement in quality, safety, and value that provides the most effective and efficient care in the nation. 

IHC's efforts focus on three cornerstones:

• Align and equip Iowa healthcare providers for continuous improvement.
• Promote responsible public reporting of healthcare information.
• Raise the standard of healthcare in Iowa.

IHC Receives Federal Funding to Pursue the Partnership for Patients National Aims

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center launched a nationwide public-private collaboration termed the Hospital Engagement Networks (HEN) to identify and create innovative solutions designed to reduce patient harm and improve care coordination. CMS awarded 26 organizations a two-year contract to help identify the key improvements and spread initiatives across their defined population.

The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative has been awarded the sole Iowa-based contract to serve Iowa hospitals in this campaign.  IHC will work with the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) and Telligen, Iowa’s Medicare quality improvement organization, to implement the program and serve as subcontractors.

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