National patient safety qiosc

Stratis Health entered into a contract as of October 1, 2008 with the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality (OFMQ) in which they will jointly serve as the national Patient Safety Quality Improvement Organization Support Center (QIOSC).  Stratis Health will develop and offer tools, resources, training, and support for QIOs to work with hospitals and nursing homes on such clinical areas as pressure ulcers and physical restraints, and in organizational leadership and team-building.  OFMQ approached Stratis Health because of its experience and expertise in patient safety, systems improvement, and nursing home improvement.

9th Scope of Work National Patient Safety Initiative

The aim of the patient safety theme of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) 9th Scope of Work, is to promote two priorities: 1)value driven health care and 2) health disparities as they pertain to patient safety in the Medicare population.  This work emphasizes evidence-based and cost-effective care processes proven to prevent and/or slow the progression of disease.  Work towards these goals will affect health care programs, products, policies, practices, and community norms, and will also produce higher quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries and significant cost savings to the Medicare Trust Fund. 

The Patient Safety QIOSC serves as:

1. Strategic management and clinical experts to assist QIOs in the development and refinement, implementation, evaluation, and promotion of QIO interventions related to the 9th SOW patient safety components.
2. Experts in the development and implementation of national initiatives that are effective in producing results.
3. Strategists for early identification of problematic issues, root cause analysis, and development of solutions for patient safety challenges.
4. Leaders of excellence collaborating with national experts.
5. Experts in data collection and analysis related to the components included in the patient safety theme, including but not limited to measures required for the MRSA and hospital pressure ulcers components.

Contact Stratis Health for assistance with your quality improvement and patient safety needs.

If your organization has projects it would like to work on, contact us to discuss how we can work together to support initiatives related to quality improvement.