Unit-Based Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Toolkit
Eastern US Quality Improvement Collaborative (EQIC) is pleased to share its unit-based patient safety and quality improvement toolkit, which provides guidance on strategies to engage frontline staff in quality improvement efforts, garner leadership support and develop a culture of safety through a unit-based approach. This multifaceted guide explores:
High Reliability Organization (HRO) Coaching Package
This coaching package, produced by Alliant Health Solutions, includes evidence-based interventions and links to resources as well as relevant webinars. This package covers a variety of categories including:
- Culture assessment
- Leadership
- HRO framework
- Staff education and training
- Process improvement tools and more
A Practical Guide for Advancing Health Equity
This change path can be used by hospitals to come up with plans to collect and report data for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)' three new measures:
Process Improvement Fundamentals
This document, developed by the Eastern US Quality Improvement Collaborative (EQIC), summarizes the fundamental elements of process improvement for hospitals. Through process improvement, hospitals can adopt quality improvement models and evidence-based practices to systematically drive change and deliver safe high-quality equitable care.
Workplace Violence Mitigation and Resource Collection
This collection of tools and resources, compiled by IPRO, which relate to workplace violence in healthcare settings contains:
- Research articles
- Best practices webinars
- Planning templates
- Assessment tools
- Online trainings
COVID-19 Response Series: Innovations from the Field Series 1
In light of the unprecedented effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had across the nation and in recognizing the unique challenges facing rural and critical access hospitals (CAHs), the Compass Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor Network team identified hospital successes related to COVID-19 response in Iowa, South Dakota, Mississippi and Kansas. The first in a series on COVID-19 response, Innovations from the Field, follows nine rural hospitals and highlights some of their successes, lessons learned and innovations big and small.
A Practical Guide to Advancing Health Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges and intensified systemic health disparities that have pushed the conversation around health equity from “why is this important?” to “how do we do this?” Based on regulatory requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and The Joint Commission (TJC), hospitals have a critical opportunity to be at the forefront of building more resilient communities and addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) across readmissions, chr