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Posted on January 10, 2012

THA is one of 26 national entities selected to be a hospital engagement network (HEN) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The HEN program supports the Partnership for Patients goals of reducing hospital-acquired conditions by 40 percent and hospital readmissions by 20 percent over three years. The program is a performance-based contract and requires the HEN to focus on culture, leadership and the following 10 priority topics:

• Adverse drug events (ADE)
• Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
• Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
• Injuries from falls and immobility
• Obstetrical adverse events
• Pressure ulcers
• Surgical-site infections (SSI)
• Venous thromboembolism (VTE)
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
• Preventable readmissions

In Tennessee, 71 hospitals signed participation forms as part of the THA application. Any Tennessee hospitals that have not yet signed up with THA are welcome to join. To participate in this initiative or for more information about the program, contact Patrice Mayo at THA, 615-256-8240, pmayo@tha.com. 

Patient Safety Partners Have Access to IHI Open School Curriculum

The Tennessee Center for Patient Safety (TCPS) will be providing free access to the IHI open school curriculum to the center’s safety partners for another year through 2013. This benefit is available to all staff and trustees at the center’s partner hospitals.

The IHI open school is an online quality and safety curriculum offering a range of courses in the areas of quality improvement, patient safety, patient- and family-centered care, managing healthcare operations, leadership, and population health. This valuable resource is being made available to best equip Tennessee hospitals with the tools and education necessary to improve the quality of care they provide. 

The curriculum offers 19 courses developed by expert faculty. Courses are self-paced and consist of several lessons taking 15-30 minutes each. Users may select and complete as few or as many courses in which they are interested and have the option of earning certification or continuing education credit free of charge. Over 22 contact hours are available for CME, CNE, CPHQ, and CPE credit.

The entire course listing may be viewed at www.ihi.org/lms/onlinelearning.aspx and registration information is available here. In addition to regular web access, you may log onto iTunes and download the free IHI Open School app for the IPhone and IPad today. For additional information, contact Angela O'Neal at THA, 615-401-7414, aoneal@tha.com.  

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