| Welcome to the Tennessee Patient Safety Center
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An initiative of the Tennessee Hospital Association
In 2007, the Tennessee Hospital Assocation (THA), through its not-for-profit, education and research subsidiary, Tennessee Hospital Education and Research Foundation), launched the Tennessee Center for Patient Safety, which provides education, resources and other tools to assist hospitals in accelerating their performance on quality and patient safety initiatives. The association received a three-year grant from the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tennessee Health Foundation to fund the center. Collaboration continues throughout Tennessee at regional networking meetings and statewide conferences. Our priority is to reduce healthcare-acquired infections with use of evidence-based strategies. TCPS has an ongoing partnership with patient safety expert, Dr. Peter Pronovost, at Johns Hopkins University.
Craig Becker, President
Tennessee Hospital Association
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| WHAT'S NEW
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Release of the Second Statewide HAI Report, Including NICU Data - The Tennessee Department of Health will be publishing their second state report on hospital-acquired infections in the coming weeks. For the first time, this report will include data on neonatal ICUs. THA hosted a free webinar to explain the state's reporting format and comparisons.
Click here to view the slide presentation and listen to the recording (look under the 'What's New' section). (The files are password protected.)
"Sure Progress" - an evaluation of the first three-years of the Tennessee Center for Patient Safety. Watch Now!
March 16, 2010: THA hosted a webinar for the Tennessee Department of Health on the state action plan for reducing healthcare-acquired infections. All states were required to submit a five-year reduction plan to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in keeping with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) five-year infection reduction strategies and target goals. State officials presented the components and timelines for the Tennessee plan, including the impact on hospitals for additional reporting.
Click here to view the state HAI plan. Click here to view the HHS plan on HAI.
Click here to view the slides from this webinar. Click here to listen to the audio recording.
Click here to view FAQs from this webinar.
Celebration of National Patient Safety Week (March 7-13): On behalf of TCPS and the National Project Team, On the CUSP: Stop BSI, TN hospitals shared stories of the hard work they do on a daily basis that ultimately saves patients lives.
Click here to view the On the CUSP: Stop BSI blog for hospital stories.
THA Board Aim of Zero Preventable Harm - Read the message from Craig Becker, THA President
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| Our Goal
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To advance the adoption of proven strategies to improve the reliability, safety, and quality of care received by patients in Tennessee Hospitals.
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| THA Annual Meeting and Leadership Summit
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October 5-7 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.
Click here to read more!
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| August 2010 - Blue Cross Gives Patient Safety Center $2.9 Million Grant
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The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation has announced it will make a $2,991,660 grant to help fund the Tennessee Center for Patient Safety (TCPS) over the next three years, furthering hospital patient safety and quality improvement efforts across Tennessee. Click here to read the full press release.
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