Providing Leadership and Guidance on Patient Safety

In addition, the Council:

• Provides guidance on IHA’s patient safety activities.
  
• Assists IHA in developing positions on federal and state patient safety and quality improvement initiatives.
  
• Advises the IHA Board of Directors, Indiana Patient Safety Center and staff on quality improvement and patient safety needs of IHA members and recommends programs to support those needs.
  
• Monitors the activities of organizations that impact quality improvement, such as the National Quality Forum, accrediting bodies and various state and federal regulatory agencies.
  

2016 was a busy year for the Council, in just one year, the CQ&PS

• Named sepsis as a 2016 priority
  
• Contributed input to opioid prescribing guidelines
  
• Approved moving forward to partner with the Michigan Hospital Association’s Patient Safety Organization
  
• Approved moving forward with hospital safe sleep practice recommendations
  
• Made efforts concerning antibiotic stewardship
  

UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS:

• September 13, 2017 9 a.m. -11:30 a.m. ET
  
• December 6, 2017 9 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. ET
  All meetings are located in the IHA Basement Conference Center of 500 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46204

MEMBER RESOURCES:

• Council Documents

STAFF LIASON:
Karin Kennedy, Administrative Director of the Indiana Patient Safety Center
Annette Handy, Clinical Director of the Indiana Patient Safety Center

For more information about how to get involved with the CQ&PS, email Karin Kennedy or call 317-423-7737.

Council members generally include CEOs, CMOs, CNEs, patient safety officers, quality professionals, infection control practitioners and members of governing boards interested in safety. IHA would like to thank our 2017 council members and partners for their time, expertise and commitment to improving patient safety.