Initiatives

The Texas Center for Quality and Patient Safety, formed in 2010 as an initiative of the Texas Hospital Association’s 501(c)3 foundation, brings together hospitals, state and national patient safety experts, and evidence-based best practices to improve patient safety and reduce costs by enhancing the quality of care delivered.

Through a grant from the founding underwriter, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, the center is focusing initially on the following projects:

• Partnership for Patients – An initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve the quality, safety, and affordability of health care for all Americans
• On the CUSP: Stop BSI – A statewide collaborative to reduce or eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in hospital intensive care units.
• On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI – A hospital collaborative to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI).
• Readmissions – A project designed to reduce hospital readmissions occurring within 30 days of discharge.
• TeamSTEPPS – A teamwork improvement system geared towards frontline providers.
• Texas Wake Up and Breathe - A collaborative to join forces to improve care for ventilated patients by implementing state-of-the-art practices to improve sedative weaning and speed extubation.