Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks to
continue patient safety improvement efforts started under the Partnership for
Patients initiative
St. Paul, MN – The Minnesota
Hospital Association (MHA) has been selected as one of 16 national, regional,
or state hospital associations, Quality Improvement Organizations, and health
system organizations to continue efforts in reducing preventable
hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions. The Hospital Improvement
Innovation Network (HIIN) contracts awarded build upon the collective momentum
of the Hospital Engagement Networks (HEN) and Quality Improvement Organizations
to reduce patient harm and readmissions. This announcement is part of a broader
effort to transform our health care system into one that works better for the
American people and for the Medicare program.
“We are very honored to be selected from applicants nationwide to
continue our work on improving health care quality and safety for all Minnesotans,”
said Dr. Rahul Koranne, MHA’s chief medical officer. “Building on more than 15
years of quality improvement work at MHA, and through our past participation in
the Hospital Engagement Network, hospitals and health systems across the state
were able to make significant progress toward reducing hospital-acquired
conditions and readmissions, as well as reducing harm across the board. We are
excited to continue our journey of relentless quality improvement in service of
patients and families as members of the new Hospital Improvement Innovation
Network.”
MHA
will receive $4.25 million for each of the next two years to continue the
statewide quality improvement work begun in 2011 with the Partnership for
Patients Hospital Engagement Network. The HEN sought to reduce patient harm from hospital-acquired
conditions in 10 focus areas. As part of the HIIN, MHA will continue work in the
10 focus areas plus additional areas, including the following:
- Increasing
from 69 to 100 percent the number of hospitals having Patient and Family Engagement Councils;
- Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections by building
on the current “bundle,” that is, 4- 5 evidence-based steps that providers
follow for culturing every patient every time;
- Building on
an 81 percent reduction in sepsis mortality rates;
- Reducing readmissions
beyond the 30 percent reduction under HEN by helping hospitals partner
with their communities to work on mental health, medication safety and
transitions between settings of care;
- Creating a
streamlined improvement tool for hospitals called SAFER Care that addresses all harms in one
roadmap. MHA was recognized by CMS for a SAFER Care roadmap for critical access
hospitals as part of HEN.
“Minnesota’s hospitals and health systems
work to provide every patient with the highest quality care,” said Dr. Jeffrey
Lyon of Essentia Health, who chairs MHA’s Quality and Patient Safety Committee,
comprised of hospital and health system leaders from across Minnesota.
“Participating in HEN from 2011 through 2016, our hospitals and care teams
served as national leaders in expanding quality and patient safety improvement
efforts. Our selection for HIIN provides us with additional opportunities and
resources to fuel statewide collaboration that will benefit patients, families
and communities.”
Through 2019, these Hospital
Improvement Innovation Networks will work to achieve a 20 percent decrease in
overall patient harm and a 12 percent reduction in 30-day hospital readmissions
as a population-based measure (readmissions per 1,000 people) from the 2014
baseline. Efforts to address health equity for Medicare beneficiaries will be
central to the Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks efforts. The Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will monitor and evaluate the
activities of the Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks to ensure that they
are generating results and improving patient safety.
“We have made significant
progress in keeping patients safe – an estimated 2.1 million fewer patients
harmed, 87,000 lives saved, and nearly $20 billion in cost-savings from 2010 to
2014 – and we are focused on accelerating improvement efforts,” said Patrick
Conway, M.D., CMS acting principal deputy administrator and chief medical
officer. “The work of the Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks will allow
us to continue to improve health care safety across the nation and reduce
readmissions at a national scale – keeping people as safe and healthy as
possible.”
Minnesota hospitals and health
systems have prevented more than 24,000 patients from being harmed and saved
more than $211 million as a results of a reduction in hospital-acquired
conditions since 2011.
The 16 organizations (listed in
alphabetical order) receiving contracts in the Hospital Improvement Innovation
Networks are:
- Carolinas
Healthcare System
- Dignity
Health
- Healthcare
Association of New York State
- HealthInsight
- The Health
Research and Educational Trust of the American Hospital Association
- Health
Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey
- Health
Services Advisory Group
- The Hospital
and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
- Iowa
Healthcare Collaborative
- Michigan
Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Health Foundation
- Minnesota
Hospital Association
- Ohio
Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety
- Ohio
Hospital Association
- Premier,
Inc.
- Vizient,
Inc.
- Washington
State Hospital Association
The Partnership for Patients
model is one of the first models established in 2011 to be tested under the
authority of section 1115A of the Social Security Act (the Act) with the goal
of reducing program expenditures while preserving or enhancing the quality of
care. Since the launch of the Partnership for Patients and the work of Hospital
Engagement Networks in collaboration with many other stakeholders, the vast
majority of U.S. hospitals have delivered results as demonstrated by the
achievement of unprecedented national reductions in harm. CMS believes that the
upcoming work of the Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks, working as part
of the Quality Improvement Organization’s work to improve patient safety and
the quality of care in the Medicare program, will continue the great strides
made in improving care provided to beneficiaries.
For more information on quality
and patient safety in Minnesota, please visit: mnhospitals.org/quality-patient-safety. For more information on the
Partnership for Patients and the Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks,
please visit: partnershipforpatients.cms.gov.
The
Minnesota Hospital Association represents 137 hospitals and health systems,
which provide quality care for their patients and meet the needs of their
communities.
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