Articles and Memos

WHA Articles - Valued Voice

• 5/29/09: State Bases First Hospital Pay-for-Reporting Payment on CheckPoint Measures
  
• 5/29/09: Stroke Survey Results Shared With WHA Medical & Professional Affairs Council
  
• 5/15/09: Legislature Approves Statewide Smoking Ban
  
• 5/15/09: WHA Seeking Participants for Aligning Forces for Quality "Sounding Board"
  
• 5/1/09: Wisconsin Rural Hospitals Make Strides in Stroke Care
  
• 4/24/09: DQA Memo Addresses Medication Cart Storage
  
• 3/6/09: Hospitals Encouraged to Review 'Dry Run' Reports on AHRQ Quality Measures
  
• 3/6/09: Wisconsin Hospitals Standardize Patient Color-Coded Alerts
• 2/27/09: Nearly 80% of Wisconsin Hospitals Implement Color Standards
  
• 2/27/09: Wisconsin Hospitals Encouraged to Participate in Surgical Safety Checklist "Challenge"
  

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• 12/31/08: More than 40 Wisconsin Hospitals Implement Color Standards
  
• 12/31/08: Safe Place for Newborns Continues to Save Lives
  
• 11/14/08: Wisconsin Pressure Ulcer Coalition Focus on Prevention: Registration Open Now
  
• 9/12/08: Wisconsin Hospitals Post Information on Patient Outcomes on CheckPoint
  
• 9/12/08: National Patient Wristband Color Standard Aligns with WHA Recommendation
  
• 8/22/08: Wisconsin Hospitals Invest in Health Information Technology
  
• 8/22/08: John Nance and David Nash to Headline 2008 Wisconsin Quality and Safety Forum
  
• 6/27/08: Quality and Safety Improvement Projects Due July 15 for Inclusion at 2008 Forum
  
• 6/27/08: HHS Secretary Announces Selection of Wisconsin Medical Society, MetaStar and WCHQ as One of 12 Sites for Major EHR Demonstration
  
• 6/27/08: Wisconsin Hospitals Standardize Patient Color-Coded Alerts
• 6/6/08: Wisconsin One of 14 "Communities" Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Grant
  
• 6/6/08: Wisconsin Hospitals, Physicians Vow to Eliminate Rare, Serious Errors
  
• 6/6/08: WHA, Medical Society Share Physician Licensure Concern with DRL
  
• 6/6/08: President's Column: RWJ Grant Validates Wisconsin's High Standing in Quality Improvement World
  
• 5/23/08: Wisconsin Standardizes Color-Coded Alerts
  
• 5/9/08: WHA Updates Popular Resource in WHA Toolkit
  
• 5/2/08: Call for Quality or Safety Improvement Projects; Showcased at October Forum
  
• 5/2/08: Antiviral Medication Distribution Plan: The Role of Community Hospitals
  
• 4/18/08: WHA Board Approves Statewide Color-Coded Alert Standardization Resolution
  
• 4/11/08:WHA Partner's Westbrook Presents Safe Care's Project at National Meeting
  
• 3/28/08:Wisconsin Health Care Quality Second Highest in Nation -- Wisconsin second only to Minnesota in overall health care performance
  
• 3/28/08:Member News: Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - St Joseph Attains Magnet Status
  
• 2/29/08:Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pad Mandate Requirements
  
• 2/22/08:Wisconsin Hospitals Promote Medicine List Projects
  
• 2/8/08: Wristband Color Project, Quality Improvement Act Lead WHA Medical and Professional Affairs Agenda
  
• 2/1/08: HHS Recognizes WHA as a Community Leader for Value-Driven Health Care
  
• 2/1/08:HHS Secretary Leavitt: "Health care reform must focus on quality, value."
  
• 2/1/08:Hospital Quality Improving, Cost, Mortality Rate Trends Declining for Participants in Medicare Pay-For-Performance Project
  
• 1/18/08: Guest Column: Advocating for the QIA
  
• 1/18/08: "List. Don't Risk It. Write it Down."


• 1/18/08: WHA Task Force Studies Wristband Standardization

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• 11/16/07: Wisconsin Hospitals Clear the Air
  
• 11/16/07: Continuous Service Readiness® Program Now Available Through WHA
• 11/16/07: Best Nurse Staffing Practices Hard to Find: Approach Must be Evidence-Based
• 11/16/07: Sign Up Now for Rural Hospital Stroke Improvement Project
• 11/16/07: DHFS Pay For Performance Advisory Committee
• 11/2/07: WHA Presents Quality Reporting Initiatives at WREN Forum
• 10/5/07: New CheckPoint Web Site Offers Consumers More Information
• 10/5/07: WHAIC Hosts PricePoint User Group Meeting
• 10/5/07: Wisconsin Hospitals Close in on Goal to be Tobacco Free Campus Wide by November 15 - The Great American Smokeout
• 8/24/07: Peer Review, Information Exchange and Standardization of Wristbands on Medical and Professional Affairs Council Agenda
• 6/22/07: Project to Create Electronic Links Among Area Emergency Rooms and Community Clinics
• 6/22/07 Governor Commends Wisconsin Hospitals for Quality Achievements
  
• 6/22/07 Hospital Compare Adds Mortality Data
  
• 6/15/07 Wisconsin is on Top in National Health Care Ranking Reports
  
• 6/1/07 Nevada Becomes the Latest PricePoint State
  
• 5/25/07 Newest Release of CheckPoint Web Site Will Help Consumers Understand "Smaller Numbers"
  
• 5/11/07 Hospitals Must Provide Shaken Baby Information to New Parents
  
• 3/16/07 eHealth Implementation Summit Introduces Five-Year Action Plan
  
• 3/16/07 WHA's PricePoint Highlighted in Nationally-Released Treansparency Report
  
• 3/9/07 HHS Sec. Leavitt: Quality Measurement will Improve Over Time
  
• 3/9/07 WHA Invited to be on Statewide Task Force on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes
  
• 3/9/07 Safe Place for Newborns Succeeds: Local Outreach Key to Saving Unwanted Babies

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• 12/1/06 New Measures Approved for CheckPoint
  
• 12/1/06 Utah Hospital Association, Department of Health, QIO Join Forces to Sponsor Utah PricePoint and CheckPoint Web Sites
  
• 10/27/06 Quality and Safety Forum Brings Health Care Leaders Together to Improve Patient Care
  
• 8/25/06 President Bush Directs Federal Agencies to Provide Quality, Price Info to Consumers
  
• 5/19/06 - Proposed Medicare Reimbursement Change Based on Quality Measures

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• Hospitals and Health Networks: WISCONSIN Ahead of the Pack

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• Wisconsin Quality Steering Committee Reviews CheckPoint Recommendation (9/22/06)
  
• President's Column: AHA agenda (5/26/06)
  
• IRS Sends Compliance Check Questionnaire to Tax-Exempt Hospitals (5/26/06)
  Quality and Safety Improvement Projects Due June 30 (5/26/06)
  
• Governor Announces Grants to Help Health Care Providers Provide Training and Education Necessary to Implement Safe-Lifting Program (5/5/06)
  
• Hospital Public Reporting Reaches Two Year Mark in Wisconsin (3/31/06)
  
• NQF, NCQHC Merge to Form New Organization Focused on Quality (3/3/06)
  
• DHFS Retains Interpretation Concerning Authentication of Physician Orders (2/3/06)
  
  • Memo from DHFS: Variance of Chapter HFS 124, Wisconsin Administrative Code -- Authentication of Physician Orders (2/2/2006)
• WHA Council on Medical and Professional Affairs Update 2/3/06
  
• WHA Receives Planning Grant to Develop Health Care Consumer Education 1/13/06
  
• Recommended Hospital Policy on Pandemic Influenza 1/6/06
  
• WHA's "Physician Leadership Development Conference" Offered in March 1/6/06
  
• CDC Issues Updated Guidelines for Preventing TB in Health Care Settings 1/6/06
  
• Joint Commission Establishes Physician Engagement Advisory Group 1/6/06
  

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• JCAHO Board Votes Against Sale of Data Analysis 11/23/05
  
• AHA Raises Concerns with JCAHO Data Effort 11/4/05
  
• Governor Doyle Creates eHealth Care Quality & Patient Safety Board 11/4/05
  
• DHFS Issues Guidelines for Clinicians Prescribing Neuraminidase Inhibitors 11/4/05
  
• New Employer Toolkit Added to CheckPoint Web Site to Guide Employees in Health Care Choices 10/28/05
  
• JCAHO Accepts WI-Specific Amendments to 2006 Accreditation Survey Contract 9/16/05
  
• IHI's 100K Lives Campaign Launches With Media Event 9/9/05
  
• New Quality Improvement Information Available from WHA's Toolkit 9/2/05
  
• Former NASA Astronaut will Present at 2005 Wisconsin Quality and Safety Forum 9/2/05
  
• Wisconsin Quality & Safety Forum Highlights 10 Showcase Quality Initiative Projects from Around the State 8/19/05
  
• Team Up With the Wisconsin Node and IHI September 8 at Camp Randall Stadium 8/19/05
  
• Wisconsin Node Newsletter - 100K Lives Campaign 8/12/05
  
• WHA Medical & Professional Affairs Council Reviews Federal Safety, Quality Act 8/12/05
  
• President Bush Signs Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act 8/5/05
  
• National Study Evaluates Hospital Performance Based on Quality Measures 8/5/05
  
• Help Your Community Find Quality,Safety, Pricing Information 8/5/05
  
• Governor's Oral Health Task Force Issues Report 8/5/05
  
  • Report of the Governor's Task Force to Improve Access to Oral Health
• "Safe Care Wisconsin" Holds Organizational Meeting 7/29/05
  
• National Public Reporting Meeting with Nancy Foster, AHA 7/15/05
  
• Saving 100,000 Lives by June 2006 6/17/05
  
• Quality and Safety Improvement Projects due July 1 6/17/05
  
• Hospitals Do Well on CMS Validation Ranking 6/10/05
  
• JCAHO Surveyors - Always Ask for Identification 5/27/05
  
• Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute in Transition 5/13/05
  
• Healthclickwisconsin.org Launches May 6 5/6/05
  
• WHA and WCHQ Form Leadership Circle 5/6/05
  
• Organizations Work Together to Save 100,000 Lives by June 2006 4/22/05
  
• Seven New Members Join Wisconsin Quality Steering Committee 4/8/05
  
• Don't Be Fooled by Phony JCAHO Surveyors 4/8/05
  
• WHA to Sponsor Pneumovax Teleconference 4/8/05
  
• CheckPoint Program Celebrates One Year Anniversary--"Wisconsin Hospitals stepped up and assumed the lead in public reporting" 3/18/05
  
• Wisconsin Forward Award Seeks Examiners for Board 3/11/05
  
• Board of Nursing Approves Position on Nurse Practice Issue 3/11/05
  
• New CheckPoint Measures Approved 2/25/05
  
• WHA Medical & Professional Affairs Council Offers Guidance, Recommendations on Several Issues 2/18/05
  
• WHA Partners with CRTI to Offer Stop Smoking Resources to Hospitals 2/18/05
  
• JCAHO: Maintaining Continuous Survey Readiness Seminar Offered April 13 2/18/05
  
• Survey Deadline Approaching 2/11/05
  
• Subscription Billing for JCAHO 2/4/05
  
• January Marks Top Month for Newborn Murder 1/28/05
  
• Hospitals to Receive Information About Citations Issued by BQA 1/21/05
  
• Richardson, Size Named to NQF Steering Committee 1/21/05
  
• Wisconsin Quality Steering Committee Approves Three New Measure Sets 1/14/05
  
• Institute for Health Care Improvement Launches 100,000 Lives Campaign 12/23/04
  
• USP Releases Report on Medication Error Trends 12/23/04
  
• VA Hospitals Perform ABove National Average on Key Quality Indicators 12/23/04
  
• 'Safe Patient Lifting' Presented at Select Committee on Health Care Workforce 12/23/04
  
• Presidents Column: Survey: Consumers' Experiences with Patient Safety and Quality Information 11/24/04
  
• New Survey Finds Consumer Use of Quality Reports Increasing 11/19/04
  
• Wisconsin Health Officials Announce Urgent Recall of Emergency Difibrillators 11/12/04
  
• President's Column: Quality/IOM Report 11/12/04
  
• Experts Urge Cautious Use of Quality Data in Marketing Efforts 11/12/04
  
• One in Four Hospitals has yet to Preview Quality Data as Deadline Nears 11/5/04
  
• Patient Safety by Design 11/5/04
  
• WHA Board of Directors Hears Plan to Add New CheckPoint Measures 10/22/04
  
• WHA's CheckPoint Website Wins Award 10/22/04
  
• 2004 Wisconsin Quality and Safety Forum Draws 300 Health Care Professionals 10/22/04
  
• President's Column: Wisconsin Quality and Safety Forum 10/22/04
  
• WHA Sends Strong Message to Legislature Regarding Hospital Safety 10/8/04
  
• Hospital Leaders Back Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act -- Sets up system for voluntary, confidential error reporting 10/8/04
  
• Wisconsin Quality Steering Committee Reviews Plan to Add New Measures 10/1/04
  
• Best Practices Conference Features Hospital Recruitment and Retention Ideas 10/1/04
  
• Joint Commission, CMS to Make Common Performance Measures Identical 10/1/04
  
• Wisconsin Hospitals Demonstrate Commitment to Public Reporting 9/24/04
  
• 2004 Wisconsin Quality & Safety Forum Focuses on IOM's Six Aims 9/24/04
  
• Wisconsin Forum for Healthcare Strategy Hosts Education Session November 11 9/24/04
  
• Governor Creates KidsFirst Task Force 9/3/04
  
• Hospitals Can Participate in Wisconsin Stroke Alert Day, May 12, 2004 3/12/04

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• WHA CheckPoint Launch Preparation Regional Meetings Set 1/16/04

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