Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement
We collaborate with healthcare providers and partners to improve healthcare for 2.5 million people with Medicare in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
We collaborate with healthcare providers and partners to improve healthcare for 2.5 million people with Medicare in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
We improve quality and access to care for patients with End Stage Renal Disease in nine states and US Territories.
We collect quality of care data from every VHA facility in the country, providing leadership with the information they need to continually transform the quality of care provided to our veterans.
We support state public health agencies by implementing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects aimed at improving awareness and utilization of preventive services and appropriate cancer screenings.
We provide interactive e-learns and timely webinars with a special emphasis on post acute providers through our EDISCO learning platform.
Here are a sampling of improvements resulting from recent projects.
$221 million in cost savings and 20,152 averted hospitalizations through support to 6,500 home health agencies across the nation
$86 million in cost savings and 7,500 averted hospitalizations through collaborating with community coalitions and 860 medical providers in five states
5,242 fewer patients on antipsychotic drugs and 2,260 more getting flu shots resulting from collaborative project with 1,200 skilled nursing facilities