Illinois Hospitals Are Doing More

Get empowered: IHA's Opioid Stewardship Symposium will give clinical leaders, physicians and advanced practice providers the tools to make a measurable impact on the opioid epidemic in their communities. Managing Opioid Use Across the Care Continuum is an all-day tactical workshop on March 9 in Naperville and Springfield. The symposium will bring together clinical experts from Illinois, Washington, Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota to share best practices and outcomes of their innovative work.

Hospitals are working hard to advance quality care and reduce costs—state legislators need to know about it. The 2020 IHA Quality Advocacy Showcase is an important opportunity for hospital leaders and staff to share a quality improvement project with legislators. In its fifth year, the showcase culminates in a high-energy event in the State Capitol on April 30. All IHA-member hospitals are encouraged to participate. We are now accepting submissions for our 2020 showcase.

Gain greater insight into your patient population through new chronic conditions dashboards from IHA’s COMPdata Informatics. The dashboards cover 70 chronic conditions identified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including asthma; cancer; tobacco, drug and alcohol use; and hypertension. What you'll learn can aid in population health management, quality improvement, business development and planning.

Addressing Illinois' Opioid Epidemic

IHA led an effort to develop opioid prescribing guidelines to assist clinicians in treating patients with acute and chronic pain in the emergency department. Last year, hospital emergency departments saw a 66 percent increase in opioid overdose visits.