Focused Interventions Drive Success in Reducing CAUTIs at Louisiana Hospital
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is dedicated to improving the quality of health care at the community level. Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQICs) are strategic partners of the QIO Program that help hospitals improve outcomes in several patient-safety-related areas such as hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).…
Alliant’s Coaching and Targeted Resources Helps Nursing Home Improve Vaccine Confidence and Increase Its Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate
A 200 bed long- and short-term care facility was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Alliant Health Solutions (Alliant), a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate. Through one-on-one coaching and targeted resources, Alliant helped the facility achieve a 42…
Alliant Health Solutions’ Beneficiary & Family Advisory Council Empowers People with Medicare and Their Caregivers Through Informed Healthcare Decision-Making
In the decade since its founding, Alliant Health Solutions' (Alliant) Beneficiary & Family Advisory Council (BFAC) has played a significant role in the organization's mission to make health care better. The council consists of 11 volunteers over the age of 55 from across the Southeast whose primary objective is to ensure people with Medicare and their caregivers have the necessary tools and…
Alliant Health Solutions Helps Georgia Hospital Improve Its CLABSI Rate and Achieve a Cost Savings of More Than $165,000
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is dedicated to improving the quality of health care at the community level. Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQICs) are strategic partners of the QIO Program that support this mission within hospitals by helping clinical teams increase patient safety, particularly preventing hospital-…
HSAG’s “At the Elbow” Technical Assistance Helps Nursing Home Increase its Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate
A small, 26-bed skilled nursing facility in California with an average daily census of 23 residents, was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate. Using root cause analysis, burden…
Comagine Health’s One-on-One Assistance Reduces Burden on Nursing Home Staff to Help Facility Increase its Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate
A nursing home in a remote area of the Pacific Northwest was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Comagine Health, a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate. With the help of Comagine Health’s one-on-one assistance and support that reduced staff burden, the…
Large Urban Hospital Reduces CAUTI, CLABSI, and Clostridioides difficile Rates
An urban hospital in California worked with Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC), to successfully decrease its catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), and Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) standardized infection ratios (SIRs…
The Partnership to Advance Tribal Health and the Indian Health Service Address Opioid Use Disorder in Tribal Communities
The American Indian Alaska Native Healthcare Quality Initiative (AIANHQI), part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program, is dedicated to improving population health and the quality of health care among American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The Partnership to Advance Tribal Health (PATH), led by Comagine Health, works…
Superior Health Quality Alliance’s One-on-One Virtual Coaching Helps Nursing Home Boost its Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate
A 145-bed nursing home located near the coast of western Michigan was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Superior Health Quality Alliance (Superior Health), a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 booster rate. With the help of Superior Health’s intensive one-on-one…