Hospital Quality Improvement Initiative Recorded Events

In this recorded one-hour webinar, subject-matter experts from ATW Health Solutions explore how implementing the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care (National CLAS Standards) can help advance health equity. In this first of three webinars, viewers will learn why it's important to implement these standards and review the National CLAS Standards' Principal Standard and Themes, with particular attention on Theme 3.

This webinar reviews evidence showing that Social Determinants of Health increase the likelihood of a hospital readmission, and that patients are most at risk for readmission due to new medications or lack of resources. Early identification of patients most at risk for readmissions can reduce a preventable readmission.

Part of a webinar series providing guidance in the use of performance and process quality improvement tools, this recording focuses on creating SMART goals for performance improvement projects.

Part of a TMF webinar series providing guidance in the use of performance and process quality improvement tools, this recording focuses on the effective use of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle in improvement projects.

Part of a series of webinars on effective data collection and presentation strategies for quality improvement programs, this recording will review how to construct and analyze the results of the bar chart.

In this recorded webinar, program leads for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) and Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting (REHQR) Programs will present the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)/Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System final rule and the impacts to these programs.

This portion of the Quality Improvement Tools series will provide guidance in the use of performance and process improvement tools, specifically Root Cause Analysis. Using these tools in combination with your collection and analysis of data will enhance your quality improvement activities.

This portion of the Quality Improvement Tools series will provide guidance in the use of performance and process improvement tools, specifically Root Cause Analysis. Using these tools in combination with your collection and analysis of data will enhance your quality improvement activities.

This portion of the Quality Improvement Tools series will provide guidance in the use of performance and process improvement tools, specifically the use of the Five Whys in root cause analysis. Using these tools in combination with your collection and analysis of data will enhance your quality improvement activities.

This portion of the Quality Improvement Tools series will provide guidance in the use of performance and process improvement tools, specifically the use of a cause and effect diagram in root cause analysis. Using these tools in combination with your collection and analysis of data will enhance your quality improvement activities.

This portion of the Quality Improvement Tools series will provide guidance in the use of performance and process improvement tools, specifically the use of a cause and effect diagram in root cause analysis. Using these tools in combination with your collection and analysis of data will enhance your quality improvement activities.

This portion of the Quality Improvement Tools series will provide guidance in the use of performance and process improvement tools, specifically the use of a cause and effect diagram in root cause analysis. Using these tools in combination with your collection and analysis of data will enhance your quality improvement activities.

This webinar will educate viewers on identifying CLABSI events using National Healthcare Safety Network definitions, as well as when and what to report for CLABSI to NHSN.

Part of a series of webinars on effective data collection and presentation strategies for quality improvement programs, this recording will review how to construct and analyze the results of the pie chart.

This recorded webinar provides an overview of possible adverse events associated with urinary and central venous catheters, facility guidelines on catheter usage and common fallacies around catheter usage.

This presentation discusses strategies and solutions for reducing adverse drug events in vulnerable patient populations.

This recorded presentation defines chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and shares resources to support patients in managing this disease. Kim Jungkind, a quality improve specialist with the TMF Innovation Network, also provides ideas for reducing COPD readmissions.

This portion of the Quality Improvement Tools series will provide guidance in the use of performance and process improvement tools, specifically the use of the Pareto Chart in root cause analysis. Using these tools in combination with your collection and analysis of data will enhance your quality improvement activities.

This presentation gives an overview of the role of hospital boards in fostering patient and family engagement, as well as best practices for successful hospital implementation of Patient and Family Engagement (PFE) programs.

Leaders have a profound responsibility to cultivate, model and embed the components of high reliability. In this session, we build on the previous session and further describe the leadership roles and responsibilities that effectively sustain a high reliability organization.

Combining high quality clinical, cultural and operational data provides the clearest and most complete insights into an organization’s current state. In this webinar, we explore how to source and interpret the best data available. We will also highlight the value of integrating human factors and systems data to achieve meaningful improvements.

In this webinar, we will focus on using human factor skills and high reliability behaviors to make teamwork activities more effective, consistent and reliable. We will also discuss how to enable multidisciplinary collaboration and break down silos between and across departments.

High reliability cannot be achieved without everyone in the organization feeling safe and empowered to speak up when they sense harm is about to occur, or when they have ideas to improve the care of our patients. In this webinar, we will explore common barriers to psychological safety and practical approaches to overcoming them.

In this session, we introduce a systemic pathway for identifying, collecting and analyzing data for improvement and testing interventions under different conditions. We cover how to use reliable design, scale, spread and sustainability methods to select and implement successful improvement interventions.

In this webinar, we will walk through the complex topic of communications as it relates to high reliability organizations. We will build on previous educational sessions and tie those in with internal transparency, decision-making and engagement.

Listen to this TMF Quality Innovation Network webinar recording to hear from Octavio N. Martinez, Jr, MD, executive director of The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas Austin, and an appointed member of the federal COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Dr. Martinez identifies deep-seated inequities in health care and how COVID-19 has amplified social and economic factors that contribute to poor health outcomes.

A presentation on the impact of health literacy across the health care spectrum and steps health care leaders can take to promote literacy and improve patient outcomes.

Burnout is the most common reason for health care professionals to make medical errors. This webinar will explore the data around this topic as an outcome measure and how it is a statistically significant predictor or patient harm.

Applying improvement and planning methodologies to learning is essential to design, test and refine ideas that work. This webinar builds on the previous session and dives deeper into a systematic pathway for identifying, collecting and analyzing data for improvement and testing interventions.

This timely webinar will address the most common reason among health care professionals for medical errors, which is burnout. We will explore the data around this topic as an outcome measure and how it is a statistically significant predictor of patient harm.

This webinar reviews the survey assessment to better understand the key points to grow an organization’s maturity along this HRO journey. We will outline how qualitative and quantitative data can assist you in better understanding culture, and why it is critical to understand the importance of culture prior to launching improvement initiatives.

In this webinar, we will walk through the complex topic of communications as it relates to high reliability. We will build on previous topics and tie those in with internal transparency, decision making and engagement.

In this webinar, we describe the leadership roles and responsibilities that effectively establish and sustain a high reliability organization. We examine the skills, behaviors and activities senior leaders must weave into their daily practice

Although much research has been completed to address the cause, identification and treatment of pressure injuries, little research can be found to address the race or ethnicity effect on early identification and treatment of injuries in people of color. People of color are of particular risk to develop a more severe injury unless action is taken to identify the injury earlier. In this video we will discuss the assessment and identification of pressure injuries based on an individual’s skin tone.

Watch this HQIC Community of Practice Call recorded discussion on how successful and sustainable patient safety improvement rests heavily on an organizational culture of attitudes, actions, teamwork and technology centered on reducing the risk of patient harm.

The first in a series of four webinars about the importance of data in quality improvement efforts, this recording will review the process of collecting meaningful data for analysis.

The second in a series of four webinars about the importance of data in quality improvements efforts, this recording will discuss how to create and interpret a run chart.

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. This recording reviews the five domains of SDOH identified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid for hospitals to screen.

The third in a series of four webinars about the importance of data in quality improvements efforts, this recording will discuss how to create and interpret a pareto chart.

The final video in a webinar series about the importance of data in quality improvements efforts, this recording will review how health care professionals can create a prioritization matrix to prioritize process improvement projects.

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. In 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will require hospitals in the Inpatient Quality Reporting program to submit two new SDOH measures. This recording provides an overview of these new measures.

Part of a webinar series providing guidance in the use of performance and process quality improvement tools, this recording focuses on understanding and creating the Swimlane Diagram to assist in process improvement efforts.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) remain formidable pathogens that pose significant challenges to health care systems. This presentation will discuss clinical and leadership interventions facilities can implement to reduce hospital-acquired infections and improve organizational processes.

Hospital-acquired indwelling urinary catheter and central line infections hurt thousands of patients every year and cost health care organizations millions of dollars. This presentation will provide insight for conducting a self-assessment regarding organizational practice of evidence-based CAUTI/CLABSI Prevention Bundles to identify opportunities for improvement.

This learning module will educate viewers on identifying cathether-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) events using the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definitions and understanding reporting requirements.

This webinar will educate viewers on identifying CDI and MDRO events per NHSN definitions, in addition to when and what to report about CDI and MDRO events.

This short video provides insight into the first three of five new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) metrics for patient and family engagement for hospitals.

This video provides insight into metrics four and five of the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid's (CMS) requirements for patient and family engagement for hospitals.

Part of a webinar series on strategies for reducing readmissions in rural hospitals, this presentation focuses on engaging patients in self-management of their health and chronic conditions

Loneliness was a mental health issue prior to COVID-19. The pandemic has exacerbated and contributed to increased isolation. During this webinar, attendees will explore and discuss this issue through a health equity lens.

View this video featuring nationally recognized women's health physician Gloria Richard-Davis, MD, MBA, NCMP, FACOG, with the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS), who addresses common fertility concerns with COVID-19 vaccines and why it is important to receive the vaccine.

An overview for health care leaders to implement sustainable changes within their organizations to meet the health needs of the communities they serve.

In this presentation, TMF staff discuss how health equity strategies may help organizations reduce hospital readmissions.

Sepsis affects almost two million adults and children every year. This presentation will give an overview of identification of sepsis in vulnerable populations, early detection and response, and leadership support for implementation and compliance of sepsis bundles.

This webinar addresses how to capture health care personnel influenza and COVID-19 vaccination status, as well as reporting staff vaccination rates to NHSN .

This recorded webinar from the American Hospital Association provides insights and strategies for facility leadership to use connection, curiosity and celebration to motivate staff to their full potential.

This webinar presents information on the NHSN Standard Utilization Ratio (SUR) and how it can be used to assess and improve device use in facilities.

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. This recording will discuss the categories of Z-codes and how they can be used to improve health care processes.

Part of a series of webinars on effective data collection strategies for quality improvement plans , this recording will review how to construct and interpret the results of the scatter diagram.

Part of a series of webinars on effective data collection strategies for quality improvement programs, this recording will review how to construct and interpret the results of the histogram.

Part of a webinar series providing guidance in the use of performance and process quality improvement tools, this recording focuses on understanding and creating the Process Flow Map to assist in process improvement efforts.

Listen and review slides from the Aug. 12, 2021 CMS HQIC Community of Practice Call on the topic of Opioid Stewardship Across the Surgical Spectrum.

Part of a webinar series on strategies for reducing readmissions in rural hospitals, this presentation focuses on emergency room visits and hospital readmissions related to adverse drug events

Part of a webinar series on strategies for reducing readmissions in rural hospitals, this presentation focuses on improving care coordination to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions

Listen to this TMF Quality Innovation Networks' webinar recording, featuring Ylda Farré-Rigau, EdD, an American Red Cross Community Volunteer Leader and former professor at The University of Puerto Rico, to learn three steps for seniors to follow to be better prepared for emergencies.

The success of individuals and teams is heavily influenced by the environments in which they work. In this session, we will discuss how to create and foster an environment where everyone is treated with respect. We show you how to watch out for burnout, strive to achieve equity and promote psychological safety.

Recording and transcript of the Kickoff Event for the Hospital Quality Improvement Contract Initiative on Feb. 4, 2021

This Spanish version of a recorded webinar provides an overview of possible adverse events associated with urinary and central venous catheters, facility guidelines on catheter usage and common fallacies around catheter usage.

This webinar recorded in Spanish for Puerto Rico reviews evidence showing that Social Determinants of Health increase the likelihood of a hospital readmission, and that patients are most at risk for readmission due to new medications or lack of resources. Early identification of patients most at risk for readmissions can reduce a preventable readmission.

This webinar addresses how to capture health care personnel influenza and COVID-19 vaccination status, as well as reporting staff vaccination rates to NHSN .

This webinar will educate viewers on identifying CLABSI events using National Healthcare Safety Network definitions, as well as when and what to report for CLABSI to NHSN.

This learning module will educate viewers on identifying cathether-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) events using the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definitions and understanding reporting requirements.

Sepsis affects almost two million adults and children every year. This presentation will give an overview of identification of sepsis in vulnerable populations, early detection and response, and leadership support for implementation and compliance of sepsis bundles.

This webinar will educate viewers on identifying CDI and MDRO events per NHSN definitions, in addition to when and what to report about CDI and MDRO events.

Listen to this TMF Quality Innovation Networks' webinar recording, featuring Ylda Farré-Rigau, EdD, an American Red Cross Community Volunteer Leader and former professor at The University of Puerto Rico, to learn three steps for seniors to follow to be better prepared for emergencies.