Welcome to the HIMSS Stories of Success!
Call for Case Studies, in co-sponsorship with the American Society for Quality (ASQ), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF). This program recognizes healthcare organizations that have leveraged health IT to demonstrate fulfillment of national priorities recommended by the National Priorities Partnership (NPP) and The Joint Commission’s (TJC) National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG).
“With ARRA provisions being rolled out, with the requirements for Meaningful Use of HIT as the centerpiece, we are now faced with an explicit merging of HIT adoption and performance improvement. The Stories of Success project is focused on linking the use of HIT with two major national initiatives to generate change, The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals and the National Priorities Partnership recommendations for national focus for improvement activities. The SQUIRE—Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence — provides for a structured reporting tool that deals with all of the important dimensions of the case studies and will facilitate generalizability.”
Lou Diamond,
M.B.Ch.B., F.A.C.P., F.C.P. (S.A.).
President,
Quality Healthcare Consultants
Chair, HIMSS, Patient Safety & Quality Outcomes Committee
The next All Call for Case Studies will be:
Open: Tuesday, January 2, 2012
Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 16, 2012
Stories of Success! Health IT's Impact on National Safety Goals & Priorities
Four new Stories of Success! case study program selections are now available on the HIMSS website. The value of health information technology can be best highlighted by looking at its use, and resulting outcomes, in real-life situations. Consider the following four examples from new case studies in the Stories of Success! program from HIMSS and co-sponsors American Society for Quality (ASQ), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF). These selected case studies represent outstanding accomplishments in the adoption and use of health IT to fulfill recommendations by the National Priorities Partnership (NPP) and The Joint Commission’s (TJC) National Patient Safety Goals. Read the new release. Read the case studies.
Program Overview
- The inaugural call for case studies opened October 2009.
- Organizations submitted case studies showcasing real-world examples and personal stories about how their organization leveraged health IT to improve patient safety using a modified version of the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE) www.squire-statement.org
Peer Review Body
The selection of submissions was conducted by a Peer Review Body. Members of the HIMSS Patient Safety & Quality Outcomes Committee and additional subject matter experts from organizations such as The Joint Commission (TJC), , the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and the American Society for Quality (ASQ), provided support to this review process. The National Quality Forum supports the project.