PARTNERSHIP FOR PATIENTS HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENT INNOVATION
NETWORK
The Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) was selected by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services as one of 16 national, regional or state hospital associations, Quality
Improvement Organizations and health system organizations to participate in
Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks (HIIN). Participation in HIIN will
allow Minnesota’s hospitals and health systems to continue efforts in reducing
preventable hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions through an
initiative known as the Partnership for Patients (PfP).
PfP is a nationwide public-private collaboration that began
in 2011 and through 2016 awarded two rounds of Hospital Engagement Network (HEN)
grants. The HIIN contracts awarded build upon the collective momentum of the HEN
work to reduce patient harm and readmissions. Through 2019, HIIN 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 HIIN efforts.
MHA has been involved with the Partnership for Patients
initiative since its inception, serving as a national leader and significantly
reducing hospital-acquired conditions. Building on more than 15 years of
quality improvement work at MHA, 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.
MHA will receive funds for the next two
years to continue statewide quality improvement work in the following
areas, many of which align with current patient safety initiatives already
underway in Minnesota:
- Adverse drug events
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Clostridium difficile and antibiotic stewardship
- Falls
- Health care disparities
- Iatrogenic delirium
- Patient and family engagement
- Pressure ulcers
- Readmissions
- Safety culture
- Sepsis and septic shock
- Surgical site infections
- Surgical/procedural safety
- Venous thromboembolism
- Ventilator-associated events
Visit the quality and patient safety section the MHA website to learn more about specific patient safety
initiatives.