About Quality
The mission of California hospitals is to deliver safe, quality care that is accessible to all. Hospitals participate in many activities to improve the quality and safety of the care they provide. California hospitals have a trusted partner in the Hospital Quality Institute, which helps them reduce errors and maximize patient safety. One of the ways in which HQI does this is by being a source of performance data and analytics. The data help focus improvement opportunities and scale best practices.
Exploring the Future of AI in Health Care: Insights from the HQI and Hospital Council Conference
What’s happening: At this year’s Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) and Hospital Council Conference, thought leaders and cutting-edge practitioners convened for conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and how it may evolve in the future.
What else to know: About 350 people, including frontline patient safety professionals, chief nursing officers, and hospital leaders, attended the event at Lake Tahoe Oct. 20-21.
HQI Quality Quarterly Spotlights Patient Safety Strategies
What’s happening: The latest edition of Quality Quarterly explores the prevalence of behavioral health conditions among California hospital encounters, the dangers of menopause misdiagnosis, new patient safety measures outlined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the need for effective reporting of workplace violence incidents by hospital staff.
What else to know: More than half of California hospitals now use HQI’s Hospital Quality Improvement Platform (HQIP), which provides comparative analytics to help hospitals identify opportunities for improvement. Learn about HQIP’s new features and updates in this latest edition.
Summary of FFY 2025 IPPS Final Rule Includes Details on New Accountability Model
What’s happening: CHA has issued a detailed summary of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 inpatient prospective payment system final rule.
What else to know: The summary includes information on the new Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) that will be mandatory for more than 130 California hospitals across 10 geographic areas.
HQI to Hold Virtual Forum on Data-Driven Strategies to Address Hospital Workplace Violence
What’s happening: The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) is hosting a virtual forum on hospital workplace violence on Sept. 26 at noon (PT). Individuals leading and supporting hospital efforts to eliminate workplace violence are invited. Registration is open.
What else to know: The forum will share practical, data-driven approaches hospitals can use to analyze, manage, and prevent workplace violence. The featured speaker will be William Huey, Jr., CPP, CHPA, workplace violence prevention program manager at UC Irvine Health, who is leading an empirically grounded workplace violence prevention program in his organization.