• A Guide to the CMS Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Health Equity Measures

    Online via Zoom

    Guest Speakers: Julia Venanzi, MPH Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Program Lead, Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group (QMVIG) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)   Christina L. Cordero, Ph.D., MPH The Joint Commission Project Director, Healthcare Standards Development Division […]

  • Leaders Forum: Partnership for Community Health – Q1: Supporting Staff Wellness Session 1

    Online via Zoom

    Have you missed us? We’ve missed you! Let’s regroup for an amazing 2023. We have planned some great educational sessions and want to engage in peer-to-peer sharing across our region Topic: Supporting Staff Wellness  The IPRO QIN-QIO consists of IPRO, Qlarant and Healthcentric Advisors to support leaders and key stakeholders from 86 PCH communities across […]

  • Leaders Forum: Partnership for Community Health – Q1: Supporting Staff Wellness Session 2

    Online via Zoom

    Have you missed us? We’ve missed you! Let’s regroup for an amazing 2023. We have planned some great educational sessions and want to engage in peer-to-peer sharing across our region Topic: Supporting Staff Wellness  The IPRO QIN-QIO consists of IPRO, Qlarant and Healthcentric Advisors to support leaders and key stakeholders from 86 PCH communities across […]

  • CLAS Theme 3: CLAS Standards 12-15

    Online via Zoom

    View Slides   In this session, IPRO and participants will discuss: CLAS Standard 12:  Conduct regular assessments of community health assets and needs, and use the results to plan and implement services that respond to the cultural and linguistic diversity of populations in the service area.  CLAS Standard 13:  Partner with the community to design, […]

  • Partnering Beyond COVID-19: Learning Circle: Heart Health

    Online via Zoom

    Session Topic: Learning Circle: Heart Health Description: Review and Check-in   COVID-19 has changed healthcare in many ways and has delayed chronic disease management for many patients. Patients needing follow-up appointments for their chronic disease were not able to schedule appointments due to decrease in in-person visits, laboratory closures for routine testing, and less access to […]

  • CLAS Theme 3, CLAS Standard 9, and CLAS Standard 10

    Online via Zoom

      In this final session of the CLAS series, IPRO will share additional resources that participants might find helpful to support CLAS:  CMS Office of Minority Health Resources  AHRQ Resources  […]

  • IPRO HQIC PFE LAN: Reducing Harms Through the Five PFE Best Practices

    Online via WebEx

    Summary:  This learning event focuses on how the PFE Best Practices can be used to partner with patients and designated family caregivers to avoid harms during their hospital stay. Guest speakers share their personal experiences using PFE Best Practices to avoid harms. The event also introduces a new tool to help hospitals apply the five […]

  • Disrupting Substance Use Disorder Together

    Online via Zoom

    Watch Presentation  View Slides Description: Take 30 minutes and let us share information and resources to disrupt the substance use epidemic in our communities. We need the support of primary […]

  • IPRO HQIC Sepsis Affinity Group: Mid-to-large sized Hospitals

    Online via WebEx

      Sepsis remains a national priority and is a complex and challenging condition to manage. Despite substantial attention to improvement, an opportunity still exists to decrease sepsis-related morbidity and mortality. More than 1.7 million adults in the U.S develop sepsis every year, leading to over 270,000 deaths (CDC, 2020). Hospitals are committed to improving care, […]

  • Voices from the Field Series: Integrating Z-Codes into Your Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Strategy

    Online via WebEx

    Hospitals and health systems are working to address the non-medical factors that influence health, known as social determinants of health (SDOH). Although not yet widely adopted, Z-codes are important to your strategy. In this session, you will hear how a hospital—through a pilot with their EHR vendor—advanced their SDOH strategy while embracing their organizational culture. […]

  • Partnering Beyond COVID-19: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Kidney Health: CKD

    Online via Zoom

    Session Topic: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Kidney Health: CKD  Description:  CKD affects more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults.  For patients with diabetes or high blood pressure, the risk for CKD is even greater.   Interventions that can slow progression of CKD include early identification, controlling blood pressure, controlling blood glucose, reducing albuminuria, eating […]

  • Partnering Beyond COVID-19: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Diabetes

    Online via Zoom

    Session Topic: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Diabetes  Description:  37 million adults live with diabetes in the United States, and it is the seventh leading cause of death.    Join us to learn more about Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES). DSME provides an evidence-based foundation to empower people with diabetes to navigate self-management decisions […]