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Current issue > February 2012

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Dear Reader
QIOs in Action
Quality Talk
Dear Reader
Jean Moody-Williams, R.N., MPP

An introduction from Jean Moody-Williams, R.N., MPP, Director, Quality Improvement Group, CMS Office of Clinical Standards and Quality.

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QIOs in Action
Map of states with QIOs highlighted in Quality Spotlight

 

CMS names five QIO Program National Coordinating Centers. Plus other news from CMS' national network of 53 QIOs.

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Quality Talk
Susan E. Sheridan, MIM, MBA
Susan E. Sheridan, MIM, MBA, co-founder of Consumers Advancing Patient Safety

Susan E. Sheridan, MIM, MBA, co-founder of Consumers Advancing Patient Safety, provides a blueprint for increasing patient and family engagement in health care decision-making. 

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In This Issue:

Dear Reader
QIOs in Action
Quality Talk
An Avoidable Infection Made Me Speak Up for Better Care
HRSA PSPC: Improving Drug Safety Among High-Risk Patients
Integrating Care Through Collaboration, Assessment and Communication
Virginia, Florida, Oklahoma and Colorado QIOs Awarded NCC Contracts
In First Person
Two hands holding one another
An Avoidable Infection Made Me Speak Up for Better Care

A retired nursing executive went in for hernia surgery and ended up fighting for her life--and having to advocate for herself. 

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Quality Frontlines
Health care provider and patient examining prescription medication bottle
HRSA PSPC: Improving Drug Safety Among High-Risk Patients

The Health Services Resources Administration's Patient Safety Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (HRSA PSPC) offers a proven model for peer-to-peer learning that results in better care.

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View from the Top
Kenneth Aldridge, M.D., FACS
Integrating Care Through Collaboration, Assessment and Communication

Kenneth Aldridge, M.D., FACS, Vice President for Medical Affairs at DCH Health System in West Alabama, says leaders need to be involved in reducing avoidable readmissions. 

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Quality Spotlight
Care Reinvention Through Innovation Spread logo
Virginia, Florida, Oklahoma and Colorado QIOs Awarded NCC Contracts

National Coordinating Centers (NCC) support CMS and its network of 53 QIOs in achieving the Program's goals for better care, better health for populations and communities, and lower costs of care through quality improvement.

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Trivia

According to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC), which of the following transformations can the primary health care system make to decrease the number of adverse drug events?

A. Increase the number of health care providers
B. Reduce health disparities
C. Improve care coordination for high-risk patients due to polypharmacy
D. Provide more comprehensive prescription drug coverage
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Answer: "C" The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC) was developed to enhance patient safety by improving care coordination related to multiple medication use by high-risk patients. For more information, see Quality Frontlines article in this issue.

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QIO News is a publication of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of Clinical Standards & Quality, and is brought to you by VHQC, the Care Reinvention Through Innovation Spread National Coordinating Center, under contract with CMS. VHQC/CRISPNCC/2/1/2012/1239