April 2024 Compass HQIC Update

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Data Reminder

February 2024 data is due April 15, 2024. Contact your Quality Improvement Advisor if you have questions or concerns about data submission.

Upcoming HQIC Education

View the Newly Released 2024 Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) Annual Forum Brochure
The 2024 IHC Annual Forum will be taking place June 19 at the Meadows Events and Conference Center in Altoona, IA. View the newly released event brochure to learn more about the forum sessions, additional details, continuing education information and amazing speakers that will be presenting.

Reminder! The Early Bird Rate for this event is $100 (ends April 30). On May 1, the admission rate will increase to $160.

Additional Discounts:

HQIC and FLEX Stipend: $100/1 person per facility
Group Discount (Available for Everyone): Groups of 5 or more will receive reduced registration. For groups of 5 or more, please reach out to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (e-mail) to register.

NOTE for Eligible Stipend Users: Register and pay as normal and you will be reimbursed post-event. If your organization is both a Flex and HQIC participant, you are able to receive a stipend for both if two people from your organization attend.

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Forum Webpage

April is Alcohol Awareness Month!
Alcohol Awareness Month is a great opportunity to update your knowledge about alcohol, alcohol use disorder, and their impacts on health and society. Alcohol-related problems continue to exact an immense toll on individuals, families, and communities. In the United States, more than 140,000 people per year die from alcohol misuse, making it one of the leading causes of preventable deaths. Alcohol misuse is linked to more than 200 disease and injury-related conditions, meaning alcohol misuse contributes substantially to health care costs and lost productivity and affects people’s health in ways that they may not realize. Alcohol misuse can also have painful emotional impacts on individuals and their loved ones.

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Register for the FREE Compass HQIC and Partners Webinar: HQIC Reliability and Resilience Learning Action Series | April 16 and June 21
The HQIC Reliability and Resilience Learning Action Series is designed to educate and activate hospital leaders on the concepts and practices of resilience and high reliability in healthcare.
Learning sessions will be focused across three concentrations:

Foundational knowledge about the concepts, theories, and activities related to resilience and reliability
Examples of practical application of resilience and reliability activities at scale
Stories from the field: Hospital case studies of reliability and resilience in action at the local level

Registration
Event Brochure

Register for the FREE Compass HQIC and Partners Webinar: Promising Workplace Violence Prevention Strategies for Safer Care | April 25
Violence against healthcare workers continues to rise and hospital leaders are seeking strategies to enhance workplace safety while upholding patient care standards. According to data gathered in 2023 by National Nurses United (NNU), 81.6% of nurses reported that they have experienced workplace violence, with half stating they have seen instances of violence increase in the last year.

Join us for Part 4 of the HQIC Workplace Violence (WPV) Prevention webinar series. This dynamic session will feature sharing of real-world experiences and promising WPV prevention practices from healthcare leaders in diverse roles at a rural hospital, community hospital and an urban health system.

Registration
Event Flyer

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