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Campaign to Improve Care in Hospitals
(New Funding Opportunity)
The Institute of Medicine estimates that nearly 100,000 people nationwide die each year as a result of preventable medical injuries that occur in hospitals, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about two million patients contract hospital-acquired infections annually.
To mitigate these alarming trends, The Trust announced in July that it will contribute $3.8 million to help all Colorado hospitals save lives by improving the quality of care. This 18-month, statewide initiative is based on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) 100k Lives Campaign to save 100,000 lives nationwide by implementing proven health care improvements in hospitals.
The campaign aims to enlist hospitals nationwide to achieve this goal within 18 months; since the campaign launched on December 14, 2004, over 2,200 hospitals have signed on.
The Trust has invited all 69 acute care hospitals in Colorado to apply for grants of $35,000 each to join the effort (please note this funding is available only to Colorado acute care hospitals); applications are due to The Trust by July 25, 2005). The Trust is also providing funding to IHI to help measure the progress of the national campaign, and will provide information about the statewide effort across Colorado. Additionally, the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care - a leading Colorado health care quality improvement organization - has been selected to serve as the coordinating agency (or "node") for this effort.
This campaign to help health care providers reliably transfer best-known science into practice will focus on such changes as rapid response at the first sign of patient decline, making certain prescribed medications work well when combined, and following guidelines to prevent heart attacks, infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
A kick-off event and announcement of participating Colorado hospitals will be held on August 30.
Click here for more information about The Trust's Colorado 100k Lives Campaign, and learn more about the national 100k Lives Campaign by visiting ww.ihi.org.
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