Reducing Readmissions through Project RED & TeamSTEPPS
Registration for this event is now closed.
Register here for the Jan. 24 & 25 training in Austin. Provided in partnership with TMF Health Quality Institute, this event will prepare your team for planning, implementing and measuring Project RED & TeamSTEPPS in your facility. See event agenda here. Please note: This event is geared toward hospital teams.
Please complete this registration ONCE PER HOSPITAL. A minimum of 2 staff per hospital should attend, additional staff may be added to the project team after training.
Don't miss the 2012 Texas Hospital Association Annual Conference and Expo, Feb. 1-2. Read more.
Nursing Peer Review White Paper
A white paper from the Texas Center for Quality & Patient Safety explores the prevalence of this practice, which is mandated by law, in Texas hospitals. Read the white paper to find out more.
Contact Us
Contact the Center's staff if you are interested in leading change in your hospital. TCQPS' program are designed to help hospitals reduce errors and improve the culture of safety.
News from the Center
TCQPS is one of 26 organizations nationwide that will receive funding from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation Center to help hospitals make health care safer and less costly by reducing health care acquired conditions and preventable readmissions. Read the news release.
The Art and Science of HAI Reduction
If you missed our November 10, 2011 webinar, you can view it here! Experts Steve Berkowitz, MD and Edward Septimus, MD discuss the two-fold approach to reducing hospital-acquired conditions: the art and the science.
NHSN for Texas HAI reporting
Click here to download the accompanying slide presentation.
This instructional podcast is offered to assist Texas health care professionals in learning to enter data into the NHSN database. The podcast covers: the NHSN enrollment process, the timeline for reporting requirements, as well as guidance on how to effectively meet new Texas state legislation by conferring rights in NHSN.
Partnership for Patients
Learn more about how to participate in the TCQPS initiative or read more about the public-private partnership that will improve quality, safety, and affordability of health care. This is a shared effort to reduce hospital-acquired conditions and to improve transitions from one care setting to another.
