WSHA, OAHHS partner to establish Northwest Safety and Quality Partnership
The partnership's work will target 21 specific initiatives, including:
- Reducing opioid use and dependence
- Reducing avoidable hospital readmissions
- Improving patient and family engagement
- Fostering appropriate use of antibiotics
- Reducing infections, including sepsis and surgical site infections
- Increasing use of advance care planning, which works to ensure health care wishes are honored near the end of life (through Honoring Choices
Pacific Northwest — a program operated by WSHA and theWashington State Medical Association )
The partnership will offer educational resources to hospitals and health systems in both states and facilitate collaboration to spread best practices for patients. Together,
In the last two years, WSHA's patient safety initiatives have saved millions in health care spending and averted thousands of adverse events. This includes averted of cases of sepsis, septic shock, Clostridium difficile, catheter-associated urinary tract infections and central-line associated blood stream infections.
"This nationally unique program pools the resources of the two state associations, allowing us to make a greater impact than would be possible otherwise as we work toward the common goal of improving the safety and quality of health care," WSHA CEO
"We are thrilled to be launching this critically important partnership, which will greatly increase the resources, tools and programming for
A patient safety and quality committee consisting of hospital and health care leaders from both states will oversee the partnership's work.
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