Programs
Core Programs
HQI consists of several programs focusing on quality improvement and patient safety. Each program works separately as well as integrated with each other so that reporting redundancy is eliminated, multiple contacts are minimized, and hospital staff focus on improvement goals with the entire support network of HQI.
The Hospital Quality Improvement Platform
Know where you are and where you’re going
Introducing the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform, HQI’s most dynamic analytical resource yet! The free Platform shows how you measure-up to hospitals in your area and statewide quality standards, and can help identify challenge areas and trends to improve performance. It gives you:
- Current reporting on ED metrics, PSI measures, and more, so you can monitor your HACRP score (and other metrics) to improve performance and compliance
- Charts and graphs that show your performance against more than 300 measures and your peers as you define them
- User friendly platform and uploads as the program does not connect to your EHR
The Platform is web-based, completely free, and uses data you already report to OSHPD and NHSN.
Collaborative Healthcare Patient Safety Organization
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Created in 2008 by the California Hospital Association, the Collaborative Healthcare Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO) is a federally designated patient safety organization (PSO) dedicated to the elimination of preventable patient harm and improving the quality of health care delivery.
Hospital Quality Transparency Dashboard
Hospital Quality Institute, in cooperation with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation and California Hospital Association, has created dashboards of publicly-available quality data for each California Hospital Association short-term, acute-care member hospital. These dashboards provide information on eight measures. Hospitals may also add optional comments about performance and initiatives at that hospital. HQI encourages each hospital to publish the information in the dashboard to its public-facing website to increase hospital quality transparency.
Chartered Workgroups
Specifically designated forums — including the HAI Workgroup — to study evidence-based improvements related to clinical care and delivery issues.