News & Updates
Improving Patient Safety through the Leapfrog Survey and Regional Collaboration
November 30, 2018 On November 13, HCIF and Capital BlueCross hosted the third annual half-day conference entitled, “Improving Patient Safety through the Leapfrog Survey and Regional Collaboration.” The conference gathered quality and safety leaders from hospitals...
HAP HIIN Programs Continue with CMS-Awarded 6-Month Extension
November 16, 2018 The HAP HIIN CT Radiation Safety collaborative led by HCIF in partnership with ECRI Institute and the HAP HIIN Diagnostic Error collaborative led by both HCIF and the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority continues for six months starting in...
Congratulations to the 2018 Delaware Valley Patient Safety and Quality Award Winners!
November 6, 2018 The Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF) has hosted the Delaware Valley Patient Safety and Quality Award for the past sixteen years. This program is one of many ways in which HCIF promotes best practices in health care patient safety and quality...
HCIF Launches New Project: POSSE
October 9, 2018 With funding from the AmerisourceBergen Foundation, The Health Care Improvement Foundation is partnering with Pennsylvania National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Consortium to launch a new project to prevent chronic opioid use among...
Welcome HCIF’s PURC Intern, Diksha Ramnani
October 2, 2018 Diksha Ramnani, an MPH student at Drexel University, has joined the PURC team through March 2019. Diksha will support PURC's working groups, especially the Active Surveillance Working Group where she will be analyzing patterns and indicators of...
HCIF Highlights September 2018
September 28, 2018 HCIF highlights is our monthly newsletter that provides updates on all of our current programs, including information about past events, upcoming events, progress towards meeting program goals, and program achievements. Learn about the latest news...
Welcome HCIF’s Public Health Intern, Dan Callahan!
September 20, 2018 Dan Callahan, an undergraduate public health student from Temple University, is joining HCIF’s population health team for the fall 2018 semester. Dan will support HCIF’s health literacy initiatives. Dan views public health through the lens of...
September is Hunger Action Month: See what COACH organizations are doing to ensure food access.
September 17, 2018 An estimated one in four people in Philadelphia experience food insecurity, or an inability to consistently access sufficient nutritious food. September is Hunger Action Month, but anti-hunger organizations in Philadelphia work year-round to ensure...
Sitha Dy, HCIF’s PURC Intern Completes her Doctorate of Nursing Dissertation!
September 12, 2018 Sitha Dy, HCIF's PURC intern recently completed her Doctorate of Nursing dissertation presentation and defense on active surveillance at Thomas Jefferson University. You can read a short recap of her dissertation as well as view her poster...
2018 Pennsylvania State of the State
The Pennsylvania Health Care Quality Alliance (PHCQA) has released its annual report, 2017 Pennsylvania State of the State. This year, PHCQA analyzed multi-year performance trends for HCAHPS patient experience measures, cancer care process measures, mortality rates,...