Program areas at South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations Healthcare Research Educ
Hqic - hospital quality improvement contractors the compass network is one of nine hqic awardees and is led by the Iowa Healthcare collaborative (ihc) with the collective partner Organizations of sdaho hret, Kansas Healthcare collaborative, and Mississippi hospital Association. Based on sdaho experience over the past year, the commitment to a culture of patient safety appears to be the key factor that determines success at the hospital level. The need for leadership to embrace continuous improvement (especially rapid process improvement during covid), allocation of resources, and the openness to a just culture is critical.contract terms: september 18, 2021 to september 17, 2022 and september 18, 2022 to september 17, 2023
Sd flex - South Dakota office of rural health medicare rural hospital flexibility sdaho hret continues the contract with the South Dakota office of rural health (sd orh) to support programmatic, financial, operational, and quality improvement for the South Dakota medicare rural hospital flexibility (flex) program. Medicare beneficiary quality improvement project (mbqip) program is a quality improvement activity under the flex grant program. Contract terms: june 1, 2021 to may 31, 2022 and june 1, 2022 to august 31, 2023
Emergency department opioid use disorder toolkit (ed opioid toolkit) sdaho hret clinical improvement consultants provide training and technical assistance to Healthcare facilities and providers statewide. Hospitals are recruited to pilot and implement projects focused on integration of evidence-based opioid interventions in emergency departments and other Healthcare settings. Contract terms: june 1, 2021 to may 31, 2022 and june 1, 2022 to may 31, 2023
South Dakota community foundation grant - hometown Healthcare hero over the course of ten months, sdaho will produce ten additional videos, focusing on our state's rural member facilities and communities with the greatest need of assistance with workforce recruitment.contract terms: march 2022 to march 2023