HEALTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST
155 North Wacker Drive 400, Chicago, IL 606061725 www.hret.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: HRET is principally organized to assist health care organizations and the communities they serve to improve the efficiency, quality & accessibility of health care services by conducting applied research and demonstration projects & disseminating results through education, publications, & other media.

Assist health care organizations & communities to improve the efficiency, quality & accessibility of health care services.

THE HEALTH RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL TRUST (HRET), AN AFFILIATE OF THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (AHA), WAS AWARDED CONTRACTS BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEIR PARTNERSHIP FOR PATIENTS (PFP) CAMPAIGN. PFP IS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT INTENDS TO HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY, SAFETY AND AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS. THE PROJECT ASSISTS HOSPITALS ADOPT NEW PRACTICES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE PATIENT HARM AND READMISSIONS. HRET IS ASSISTING IN IDENTIFICATION SOLUTIONS ALREADY WORKING IN OTHER HOSPITALS AND SYSTEMS TO REDUCE HEALTH CARE ACQUIRED CONDITIONS, AND ESTABLISH WAYS TO SPREAD THEM TO OTHER HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. AHA/HRET IS DEVELOPING LEARNING COLLABORATIVES FOR HOSPITALS AND PROVIDING A WIDE ARRAY OF INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY. INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE BEING CONDUCTED TO TEACH AND SUPPORT HOSPITALS IN MAKING PATIENT CARE SAFER, PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SO THAT HOSPITALS CAN ACHIEVE QUALITY MEASUREMENT GOALS, AND ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM TO TRACK AND MONITOR HOSPITAL PROGRESS IN MEETING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GOALS. IN 2016, THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES AWARDED A NEW CONTRACT TO HRET TO CONTINUE THE PFP CAMPAIGN THROUGH THE HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENT INNOVATION NETWORK (HIIN). THE HIIN PROJECT AIMS TO REDUCE ALL-CAUSE HARMS BY 20 PERCENT AND READMISSIONS BY 12 PERCENT. WITH OVER 1,600 HOSPITALS RECRUITED THROUGH 34 STATE/REGIONAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONS, THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS TARGET THE FOLLOWING ELEVEN AREAS: ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS (ADE) CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE COLITIS (C. DIFF) CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (CAUTI) CENTRAL LINE-ASSOCIATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS (CLABSI) INJURIES FROM FALLS PRESSURE ULCERS SEPSIS SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS (SSI) VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED EVENTS (VAE) VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISMS (VTE) PREVENTABLE READMISSIONS

QUALITY/COST/DISPARITIES: HRET CONDUCTS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH TO IMPROVE QUALITY, REDUCING COSTS, AND ELIMINATING DISPARITIES. NUMEROUS RESEARCH PROJECTS WORKED WITH HOSPITALS NATIONALLY TO REDUCE INFECTIONS AND TO IMPROVE SAFETY CULTURE SCORES. IN ADDITION, HRET PROVIDES HOSPITALS WITH TOOLS AND TRAINING MATERIALS COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SURVEYS CONDUCTED TO HELP EDUCATE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE COMPREHENSIVE UNIT-BASED SAFETY PROGRAM (CUSP), WHICH TRANSFORMS CARE AND PATIENT SAFETY AT THE UNIT LEVEL BY IMPROVING CULTURE, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY.

HRET'S TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM IDENTIFIES AND EXECUTES STRATEGIES AND METHODS TO DISSEMINATE AND IMPLEMENT RESEARCH FINDINGS, KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND BEST PRACTICES. HRET WAS AWARDED A CONTRACT BY THE AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY (AHRQ) TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL OF HELPING TO STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF PATIENT CARE IN HOSPITALS AND OTHER PROVIDER SETTINGS BY USING CONSUMER-TARGETED RESOURCES THAT CAN BE CO-BRANDED AND SHARED WITH PATIENTS.

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