The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) Patient Safety Conference highlights best practices and innovations for healthcare quality improvement and patient safety. At this event, conference presenters share their best practices that directly impacted outcomes in patient safety and equity for patients in Iowa and across the nation. The goal of the conference is to educate and inspire the healthcare community to engage in quality activities that improve patient safety and quality across the healthcare continuum. This event will take place November 13-14, 2024 at the Meadows Events and Conference Center in Altoona, IA.

NOTE: A brochure for this event will be released in the near future.

The IHC Patient Safety Award and Poster Symposium is an opportunity for promoting and sharing best practices during the IHC Patient Safety Conference. The Patient Safety Award recognizes outstanding leadership and achievement demonstrated by healthcare providers, hospitals, communities, clinics and organizations. The award honors champions who support initiatives that improve patient safety, promote population health, reduce the risk of harm and encourage person-centered health.

    

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#IHCPatientSafetyConference and #IHCPatientSafetyAward 

IHC social media pages are listed at the bottom of this webpage. 

 

Conference Success

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2022 IHC PATIENT SAFETY CONFERENCE #NOMATTERWHAT MOVEMENT VIDEO

During the 2022 IHC Patient Safety Conference, attendee voices were gathered on film to discuss some of the challenges healthcare professionals have been faced with in today’s world. Their insight also highlighted what their plans and goals are to overcome these barriers #nomaterwhat.

 

Know that you are not alone in these challenges, your efforts within your healthcare organization are valued and together, we can improve patient safety and quality across the healthcare continuum.

Learn more about the #nomatterwhat movement: www.sterlinghawkins.com/nomatterwhat (Link)

2022 PATIENT SAFETY AWARD CHAMPIONS, PARTICIPANTS AND POSTERS

2022 IHC Patient Safety Conference attendees had the opportunity to participate in the IHC Patient Safety Award and Poster Symposium that took place the day of the conference. IHC Patient Safety Award nominees shared their learnings and success stories with conference attendees through poster presentations. Below is a list of outstanding healthcare organizations that presented their posters during the event. Conference attendees also had the opportunity to vote for their favorite poster presentation.
 
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2023 PATIENT SAFETY AWARD CHAMPIONS, PARTICIPANTS AND POSTERS

2023 IHC Patient Safety Conference attendees had the opportunity to participate in the IHC Patient Safety Award and Poster Symposium that took place the day of the conference. IHC Patient Safety Award nominees shared their learnings and success stories with conference attendees through poster presentations. Below is a list of outstanding healthcare organizations that presented their posters during the event. Conference attendees also had the opportunity to vote for their favorite poster presentation.

Learn More About Each Poster             
  1. Breaking Down Barriers and Reducing Restraints in the Intensive Care Unit | IHC Patient Safety Award and Poster Symposium Fan Favorite Awardee
  2. C the DIFFerence: Cross-Functional Collaboration to Reduce Hospital-Acquired C. difficile Infections
  3. Efficacy and Safety of Pharmacist-Driven AUC-Based Vancomycin Dosing: Using Metrics to Monitor Success
  4. Facilitating of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program at a Rural Community Hospital
  5. Making an Impact with a Nursing Impact Dashboard
  • MercyOne Newton
  1. Improving Medication Safety Through Emergency Drug Administration Preparedness
  2. Our Journey to Zero Harm: Medical Errors Should Not be the Third Leading Cause of Death in This Country
  1. Falling for Our Patients
  2. Destination: Reducing Specimen Labeling Errors
  3. Improving Care Transitions: Addressing Social Stressors Prior to Discharge