Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Profiles in Excellence: Quality Improvement Lessons from the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize Recipients Part 1

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving the Institute of Medicine's six quality aims – safety, patient-centeredness, effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness and equity. For the first time, two children's hospitals were recognized: Children's Hospital Colorado, winner of the 2015 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize, and Nationwide Children's Hospital, recipient of a 2015 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize Citation of Merit. This webinar will explore the hospitals' journey to eliminate, rather than reduce, patient harm. 

Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, launched its Target Zero campaign to eliminate patient harm more than two years ago. Since then, through a combination of staff training and engagement strategies, and updates to the computerized order and medication administration systems, Children's Hospital Colorado has not had any serious adverse drug events in the pediatric ICU.

At Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, zero is the only acceptable rate of preventable harm. Nationwide Children's Zero Hero program has helped the hospital achieve a 50 percent decrease in all harm events, a 25 percent reduction in severity-adjusted mortality and a 22 percent decline in harm-related costs since its inception in 2009.

Specifically, this webinar focuses on creating a burning platform to drive change; the design and implementation of a harm-elimination initiative; strategies for using and sharing data; engaging patients and families in quality improvement; and the programs' results.

Speakers:

• Daniel Hyman, M.D., MMM, chief quality and patient safety officer, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colo.
• Richard J. Brilli, M.D., FAAP, MCCM, chief medical officer, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
• Moderator: Mary Beth Sirio, R.N., vice president and patient safety officer, McKesson Corp.

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