Transcript Florida’s Hospitals: Five Years of Improved Quality

Florida’s Hospitals:
Five Years of Improved Quality
• Nation-leading initiates:
readmissions, surgical
complications, infections,
patient harm
• Participation from more
than 160 hospitals across
the state in at least one
collaborative
• Focus on working together,
sharing best practices,
changing culture
Collaborative on Readmissions
• 107 participants statewide
• First to publicly report readmissions rates by
hospital
• First statewide readmissions program
• Projects to:
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Increase medication understanding
Improve discharge instruction
Improve handoff communication
Schedule follow-up visits
Evaluate end-of-life care
Improving Surgical Care:
Florida Surgical Care Initiative
• 67 hospitals statewide
• Piloted in partnership with
Florida Hospital Association,
American College of Surgeons
• National model for outcomesbased measurement and
largest statewide surgical
quality collaborative
• Pilot extended with additional
data collection options
• Monthly educational meetings
focused on topics such as SSI
Preventing Harm, Reducing Readmissions:
FHA Hospital Engagement Network
• 77 hospitals statewide
• Focused on 10 key areas:
– Central-line associated blood stream
infections (CLABSI)
– Catheter-associated urinary tract
infections (CAUTI)
– Surgical infections and complications
– Venous thrombosis
– Adverse drug events
– Falls
– Birth-related injuries
– Pressure ulcers
– Ventilator-associated pneumonia
– Preventable Readmissions
Florida’s Results: Making a Difference
Statewide
Readmissions
Surgical
Complications
Mortality
15%
Statewide
14.5%
35.7%
$25 million cost
savings
$6.67 million
cost savings
Florida’s Results: Making a Difference
Statewide
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15.8% drop in surgical site infection
35.2% drop in pulmonary embolism
41% reduction in CLABSI
37% reduction in CAUTI
[Hospital] Involvement
• [List initiatives hospital is participating in]
• [List specific quality improvement activities]
[Hospital] Results
• [Summary of improvement]