Resources
This is the official reporting database for the hospitals participating in the IHC Hospital Engagement Network (HEN). Hospitals will report process and outcome metrics monthly through the database. As it has been stated before, the hospitals in the IHC HEN will track their measures for in house ONLY to drive process improvement. This information will not be used for comparable public reporting. Each hospital has identified a point of contact for completing the reporting of the HEN. If you would like to know who your hospital contact is, please contact us and we can provide you with that information. Below is a How-To Demonstration video of the Database and a How-To Demonstration PDF document.
Best Practice Resources: Stratified
The following links contain spreadsheets outlining the core, enhanced and high performing hospital best practices with supporting material included for each of the PfP-HEN focus areas.
Core Best Practice Resources:
The Core Best Practice Resources are a compilation of evidence-based best practices. This directory is not all inclusive and is not intended as a prescriptive, ready-to-use program of care, but rather as a resource for guiding your hospital's quality improvement efforts as you begin to build your patient safety culture.
Enhanced Best Practice Resources:
The Enhanced Best Practice Resources are for those hospitals that have implemented a core safety methodology for a particular HAC, and are now ready to boost their efforts and enhance the organization's patient safety methods. This directory is not all inclusive and is not intended as a prescriptive, ready-to-use program of care.
High-Performing Hospital (HPH) Best Practice Resources:
HPH Best Practice Resources are those organizations that have implemented best practices to build a patient safety program, but are ready to further their knowledge of process and analysis. This directory is not all inclusive and is not intended as a prescriptive, ready-to-use program of care.
Supporting Documents:
These documents provide additional resources for development of program materials or knowledge related to each focus area.
Hospital Acquired Conditions
Adverse Drug Events
Falls & Immobility
Obstetrical Adverse Events
Pressure Ulcers
Venous Thromboembolism
Hospital-Associated Infections
Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections
Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections
Surgical Site Infections
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Readmissions
IHC Recorded Webcasts
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Upcoming Local/National Educational Offerings
| Date |
Event |
Time |
Description |
Source |
| 5/17 |
Live webcast “Testing, Testing! Is This Procedure Necessary?” |
1:00 – 2:00pm (CT) |
For more information and to enroll, click here
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IHI |
| 5/30 |
Live webinar “Keeping it REAL: An Analysis of Health Care Quality Among Priority Patient Populations |
12:00 – 1:00pm (CT) |
Advance registration is required. To register, click here |
Hospitals in the Pursuit of Excellence (HPOE) |
| 5/31 |
Live webcast “Reducing Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)” |
11:30am – 12:30pm (CT) |
For more information, click on the link: http://events.vha.com/events/pfpseries.
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VHA |
| 6/21 |
Face-to-face "Falls Free" program |
9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Free event. State Historical Building, Des Moines. Preventing falls among older Iowans. |
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| 8/16 - 8/17 |
Conference "HAI Prevention Training for Critical Access Hospitals" |
2-day conference |
Holiday Inn, Kansas City Airport & KCI Expo Center. Click here for save the date. Travel Support Form - Due by June 1. |
APIC |
IHC HEN Metrics Dashboard
Througout the HEN, hospitals will input monthly process and outcome measures to the HEN Portal. This data will only be seen and used by that hospital to lead their improvement efforts. This data will not be seen by the public or other organizations and will not be publicly reported.
IHC Metric Summary Document
Hospital Work Plan Template
The hospital work plan captures the hospital's plan of action and team members for each clinical focus area. This template will allow you to input content, which will later be captured on the web-based Reporting Database. Below is the description of the work plan content.
Hospital Work Plan Description
IHI Improvement Map
Search the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Improvement Map for details on each of the focus areas. The Improvement map is an open resource, available free of charge for anyone working to improve health care.
Charter
The Hospital Project Charter outlines the services available to hospitals and the expectations of the hospitals participating in the Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network.
Charter FAQ
This is a document that addresses frequently asked questions on the Project Charter.
Organizational Assessment Tool (OAT)
This is a PDF version of the Organizaion Assessment tool that is to be completed by each hospital to create a baseline of hospital's readiness. Administered in February 2012. Please contact meyerr@ihconline.org for the actual OAT survey.
IHC Improvement Advisor Hospital Designation List
This document includes Improvement Advisor contact information and their hospital assignments across Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois.