02.29.24
Quality & Safety Update | February 2024
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Jessica Stultz
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The Quality & Safety Update provides health care professionals with up-to-date information on current quality improvement projects, resources and quality reporting. The newsletter also highlights announcements and upcoming events that could benefit your organization.
MHA Awards
MHA is offering three prestigious awards to recognize the sustained improvements of its member hospitals — the Aim for Excellence Award, the Visionary Leadership Award and the Trustee of the Year Award. All awards will be presented during MHA’s Annual Convention in November.
The application and nomination forms can be found at the respective links. The deadline to apply and/or nominate is 5 p.m. Friday, May 12.
2023 Aim for Excellence Award
The Aim for Excellence Award recognizes Missouri hospitals’ innovation and outcomes related to the Triple Aim approach. Utilizing this approach, hospitals can improve the individual experience of care and the health of populations, and reduce per capita costs of care.
2023 Visionary Leadership Award
The Visionary Leadership Award recognizes outstanding achievements in clinical and health outcomes led by the nominee. New this year, eligibility has been expanded to include members of hospital or health system senior leadership.
2023 Trustee of the Year Award
The Trustee of the Year Award honors up to two trustees who currently serve, or who served within the past year, on a Missouri hospital or health system governing board for their dedication and engagement in their hospital’s activities.
MHA Requests Workplace Violence Data
Staff Contact: Robert Loseman
In 2023, MHA reintroduced its initiative to collect reported incidents of aggression against health care workers to quantify the prevalence of workplace violence occurring within Missouri hospitals. The chart below offers a summary of incidents reported to MHA this past year.
Increased organizational participation is requested in 2024. Please consider submitting cumulative data using the provided Excel-based collection tool. While MHA will analyze the data on a quarterly basis, hospitals may choose to submit data at a frequency most suitable to their facility. Organizations facing challenges in obtaining comprehensive data are encouraged to provide, at minimum, the total number of incidents per month. Submit completed surveys to wpvdata@mhanet.com.
MHA Updates Quality Reporting Guides
MHA updated the acute care, critical access hospital and specialty services quality reporting guides to reflect requirements effective with Jan. 1, 2024, dates of service. The guides support hospitals with reporting quality measures through various reporting programs. Access the guides for direct sources of information and to stay up-to-date on measure specifics.
Population Health Assessment
MHA recently completed its 2023 Population Health Assessment Survey — an important tool for hospitals and health systems to evaluate their progress in transitioning to a value-based environment. This report summarizes the survey results statewide and by hospital type, and the information derived from this survey will be used as a basis for driving MHA’s population health improvement strategy. Customized reports were disseminated to health systems/hospitals that completed the survey in early February.
Supply Chain Shortage Reporting Tool
To support ongoing health care system pharmaceutical and supply chain shortages, hospitals are encouraged to report any supply chain disruptions as they arise. Shortages may be reported in EMResource or via an online form. A printable flyer with a QR code is available. The data will help MHA provide technical assistance and inform advocacy efforts as appropriate.
Education
April 2 | Orientation for New Quality Directors: Eight-Part Virtual Series
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12:30 to 1:45 p.m. | Virtual Series | Register
April 17 | Missouri PQC Regional Meeting: Increasing Provider Capacity to Support Care of Pregnant and Postpartum People with SUD
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9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Hybrid – Marriott St. Louis West | Register
SAVE THE DATE
The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative is collaborating with Alive and Well Communities to offer an in-person simulation workshop focused on providing equity-centered trauma-informed care to maternal-infant populations. Participants will receive scenario and simulation training, as well as equity-centered trauma-informed care worksheets, handouts and reflection learning tools to integrate into daily practices. Join us at one of the following dates and locations.
- Tuesday, April 23 – Springfield, Mo.
- Thursday, April 25 – Kansas City, Mo.
- Tuesday, April 30 – Cape Girardeau, Mo.
- Thursday, May 2 – St. Louis, Mo.
Registration is required. For more information, contact Rachel Allen.