Children's National and Cincinnati Children's Jointly Win 2010 RACE for Results Award for Patient Safety Programs
A small percentage of hospital patients still experience adverse events that result in severe harm or even death. Congratulations to 2010 RACE for Results Award Winners Children’s National Medical Center (Washington D.C.) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (Cincinnati) for reducing these serious safety events.
Both hospitals changed protocols over three years to achieve a 75-80 percent decrease in serious patient events. Owner Hospitals can view other hospital best practices on the RACE for Results web site.
Winner: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, OH)
A Program to Reduce Serious Safety Events at an Academic Hospital
Winner: Children’s National Medical Center (Washington DC)>br />
The Power of One: Virtually Eliminating Serious Safety Events through Safety Culture, High Reliability Techniques and Employee Engagement
2nd Place: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC (Pittsburgh, PA)
VAP (Ventilator Associated Pneumonia) Initiative
Owner Hospitals submitted 35 entries in important areas such bloodstream infections, electronic medical records and surgical safety checklists. Questions? Contact: Hema.Bisarya@chca.com.
About RACE for Results The annual award is given by CHCA to hospitals that demonstrate significant clinical or business improvements. Winners are selected by a panel of hospital peers and international health care experts.
CHCA Hospitals Offer Community Physicians Medical and Surgical Product Savings
The expanded Child Health Advantage (CHA) portfolio offers physician practices competitive pricing on supplies, pharmaceuticals and business services. Physician offices see immediate savings between 15-25%, and in some cases, as much as 60%, through a new agreement with Provista (Novation, Inc.)
The program leverages the buying power of physicians across the nation to drive down costs and is free for physicians to join. The program’s mission is to provide easy access to an appropriate product portfolio at competitive pricing, and in turn enhance relationships between the hospitals and the community physicians.
To learn more, visit the Child Health Advantage web site or contact Sean Jeffries, sean.jeffries@chca.com.
Journal Features Work of 26 Children’s Hospitals to Reduce Dangerous Bloodstream Infections
Interventions tested by 26 children’s hospitals achieved a 33 percent reduction in bloodstream infection rates to improve safety and reduce hospital stays. Bloodstream infections account for 30 percent of all health care associated infections in pediatrics. The study Prevention of Central Venous Catheter Blood Stream Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Units: A Performance Improvement Collaborative published recently in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE). ICHE is read by 3600 epidemiologists, infection control practitioners, clinicians and scientists in pediatrics, surgery and microbiology.
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
 Change Package
This document outlines recommended interventions to reduce the number of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric inpatients.
Measures Grid
The Measures Grid is broken down into Outcome, Process and Balancing Measures to tell you whether changes are leading to improvement.
Contact: Tina Logsdon | Tel: 913.262.1436 | E-mail:Tina Logsdon
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New CHCA Patient Safety Organization Offers Reporting Protections to Help Children’s Hospitals Reduce Serious Errors
As a Patient Safety Organization (PSO), CHCA can now offer legal protection for children’s hospitals to report serious events. PSOs provide a confidential environment for clinicians and hospitals to openly share harm data that improves care.
These protections will remove many of the barriers that may have previously deterred patient safety and quality initiatives. The CHCA PSO will work with its 43 children’s hospitals to track serious events, evaluate causes of harm and share safety protocols and best practices.
Created as part of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 and administered by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), information provided to a PSO is protected by law, which limits its use in criminal, civil and administrative proceedings. Read PSO Fast Facts to learn more.
The CHCA PSO is in an early stage – more information will be available in the coming months.
Questions? Contact Sherrie Graham, Patient Safety Officer at Sherrie Graham
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Pediatrics Article Features First Pediatric-Specific Collaborative Shown to Reduce Medication-Related Harm in Children’s Hospitals
Pediatric Patients Have Greater than 1 in 10 Chance of Suffering an Adverse Drug Event
Narcotic-related adverse drug events (ADE) are the most common ADE in hospitalized children. New interventions tested by 14 children’s hospitals achieved a 67 percent reduction in narcotic-related ADE rates to improve safety and cost savings. The study An Intervention to Decrease Narcotic-Related Adverse Drug Events in Children’s Hospitals will publish in Pediatrics on October 1, 2008.
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Change Package
This document outlines the recommended interventions to reduce the number of preventable narcotic-related ADEs in pediatric inpatients.
Measures Grid
The Measures Grid is broken down into Outcome, Process and Balancing Measures to tell you whether changes are leading to improvement.
Contact:
Tina Logsdon
913.262.1436
tina.logsdon@chca.com
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