2019 Showcase Submission Categories
We encourage all members to submit a project and participate in the 4th annual showcase at the State Capitol in April. IHA will produce a professionally designed 30-by-42-inch poster for each project at no cost to members. See a sample poster from last year's showcase and learn more about the benefits of participating. Submit a quality improvement project in one of the following eight categories:
Behavioral Healthcare
Legislative interest: Increase timely and appropriate access to services; prevent and reduce acute care hospitalizations
Project examples: Advanced practice case management, interdisciplinary emergency department/community-based team, integrated behavioral health, expansion of services, peer mentoring, telehealth
Care Coordination
Legislative interest: Increase communication among patient care coordinators and improve patient outcomes
Project examples: Observation care, palliative care, reduced readmissions, stroke centers
Infection Prevention
Legislative interest: Enhance early recognition, minimize disease and safeguard the community and healthcare workforce
Project examples: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), Clostridium difficile (C. diff), hepatitis, surgical site infections, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), sepsis
Opioid Stewardship
Legislative interest: Promote safe opioid use and support opioid recovery and treatment for patients and communities
Project examples: Opioid prescribing, use of opioid alternatives, pain assessment and management, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), community opioid reduction programs
Patient Safety
Legislative interest: Prevent harm to patients and increase transparency and provider accountability
Project examples: Diagnostic errors, falls, nurse staffing, patient and family communication/committees
Social Determinants of Health
Legislative interest: Improve community health and reduce disparities by addressing social, economic and environmental factors
Project examples: Health equity initiatives, access to care, health literacy, supporting healthy behaviors, housing, food insecurity, social and community networks, education, community violence prevention
Workplace Safety
Legislative interest: Preserve safety of the workplace, prepare for emergencies to mitigate against harm to patients and healthcare workers, prevent injuries to healthcare workers
Project examples: Healthcare worker safety programs, reporting violence to healthcare workers, justice-involved patients, emergency preparedness and emergency management
Other
Legislative interest: Share a quality improvement initiative that ensures optimal health outcomes while reducing healthcare costs, but doesn't fit into any category above.
Project examples: Select a project from your organization that is important to your patients and communities.