QUALITY & Patient SAFETY

Quality care is personal

We actively collaborate with our member hospitals to engage in improvement programming at all levels, from local to national, focusing on safety and quality of care.
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By partnering with a wide range of hospital departments and specialties, we support patient-centered care while advancing the health and well-being of all Hoosiers, including hospital staff. To promote a culture of safety in our hospitals, we’re spearheading initiatives on harm prevention, health equity, and health care partnerships.
Not only do these efforts improve the lives of patients and health care workers, they also strengthen our communities.
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Improving maternal 

& infant health

Vulnerable patients need more specialized care, which is why we’re especially committed to protecting newborns and new moms. From developing a statewide approach to infant safe sleep practices and eliminating early elective deliveries, to informing our members about the latest obstetrical adverse events resources, we offer important programs to improve infant and maternal mortality in Indiana.

INspire Hospital of Distinction

In 2022, Indiana had the third highest maternal mortality rate among all reporting states, with the infant mortality rate also ranking high.

Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Overdose is now the leading cause of maternal deaths in Indiana.

Keeping patients & workers safe and healthy

Many health care workers think violence is just “part of the job” and too often believe assailants are not responsible for their actions due to conditions affecting their mental state. Safe health care workers mean better care.

Safe & Sound campaign

19,000 workplace assaults are reported each year in health care and social service settings, representing only 30% of actual incidents.

Culture of Safety

To continue improving patient safety, we need to improve the culture around it.

Preventing infections

Health care associated infections can lead to unnecessary complications and are often avoidable. That’s why implementing and following rigorous safety protocols is essential to providing the highest quality of patient care in all health care settings.

Blood Culture Contamination Learning Collaborative

Blood culture contamination (BCC) is a rare but serious issue that can lead to unnecessary antibiotic exposure and prolonged length of hospitalization.

Sepsis Awareness: See it. Stop it. Survive it.

Sepsis causes over 3,000 deaths in Indiana each year. That’s more than deaths from prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined, yet only 55% of the population knows about sepsis.

Strengthening Trauma Care

Each year, an alarming number of people suffer from major injuries that require immediate attention. In fact, it’s the leading cause of death for Hoosiers under the age of 45. That’s why we’re working with health care leaders across the state to improve access to trauma care, especially in Indiana’s rural communities.

Trauma & Emergency Medicine Symposium

To build a more cohesive trauma care system throughout the state, health care leaders must come together to address challenges, share goals, and identify opportunities for improvement.

Trauma Regional Advisory Committees (TRACs)

We’ve got a plan to take trauma care to the next level in Indiana.

If it makes Indiana patients safer, chances are - we're doing it.

From reducing infant mortality, to calling attention to sepsis and focusing on the special needs of small, rural hospitals, IHA leads several active projects to help Indiana hospitals keep patients safe. Our current grant-related initiatives include:

HQIC

Hospital Quality Improvement Collaborative

SHIP

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program

MBQIP

Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

I-HOPE

Healthy Opportunities for People

TIP

Trauma and Injury Prevention Grant