Health Care Improvement Foundation

Annual Partnership for Patient Care Leadership Summit to be Held on March 14

2012-02-03T15:45:00+00:00

This annual half-day event will celebrate the achievements of current Partnership for Patient Care initiatives and kick off the 2012 program agenda, in which HCIF will join with HAP and other statewide organizations to offer improvement projects aligned with the CMS Partnership for Patients initiative. Click here to see the agenda and registration form.

Action News 6abc Reports on PAVE Project

2011-12-27T15:15:00+00:00

On December 23, Hahnemann University Hospital was the setting for a recent Action News interview with discharge nurse Tracey Hack and a patient with congestive heart failure; and HCIF’s President Kate Flynn, who discussed the many benefits of lowering readmission rates. Click here to see the video clip and accompanying article.

PAVE Project Final Results and Deliverables

2011-12-14T20:45:00+00:00

The PAVE Project was an 18-month regional collaborative aimed at improving care transitions and reducing readmissions that engaged healthcare providers and community-based service organizations across the continuum of care. HCIF is pleased to share some of the tools and data from this initiative: a Passport Series; aggregated monthly readmission rates; and a Transitions of Care Survey Summary. Click here for more information.

HCIF Announces 2012 Board of Directors and Officers

2011-12-06T17:30:00+00:00

Thomas J. Lewis, President and CEO, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, has been named Chair of the HCIF Board of Directors effective January 1, 2012. For more information about the recent Board election, click here.