Health Care News

December 15, 2011 - From HRET, "HRET Awarded Hospital Engagement Network Contract to Improve Patient Care"

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December 14, 2011 - From HHC, "Partnership for Patients initiative to improve hospital care"

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May 9, 2011 - From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, "ICUs in Michigan Sustain Zero Blood Stream Infections for Up to 2 Years"

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April 12, 2011 - From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Partnership for patients to improve care and lower costs for Americans"

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April 5, 2011 - From Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET), "ICUs from 350 Hospitals Reduce Central Line Bloodstream Infections by 35 Percent"

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April 4, 2011 - From the CDC, "CDC and NIH Update Guidelines to Protect Patients from Bloodstream Infections"

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March 1, 2011 - From the CDC, "Infections in ICUs plummeting, too many remain in hospitals and dialysis clinics"

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In a 2011 survey conducted by KHC results indicated that 78 percent of hospital health care workers received the flu shot.

KHC is working with providers to identify and spread local ideas, improve care and reduce preventable health care acquired conditions.

SAVE THE DATE for KHC's fourth annual Summit on Quality, scheduled for October 19, 2012 at the Marriott in Wichita, Kansas