OHA partners with Telligen for CMS quality contract 

Posted on: 10/23/20

The Oklahoma Hospital Association is pleased to announce a partnership with Telligen for the patient safety/quality improvement work previously known as HIIN (the Hospital Improvement Innovation Network). 

CMS recently selected Telligen as one of nine Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQIC).  Together, OHA and Telligen will work with hospitals that meet eligibility requirements as established by CMS, on the most challenging health care issues facing hospitals and communities today.  

The goals of HQIC focus on:  
1. Improving behavioral health outcomes with a focus on opioid misuse; 
2. Increasing patient safety with a focus on reduction of harm as well as readmissions; and
3. Increasing quality of care transitions to achieve high quality outcomes in the acute care setting and across the care continuum. 

The benefits to participating hospitals include:  
• Partnering with an organization with recent HIIN experience to receive customized technical assistance, actionable data with national benchmarking, data analytics support, and evidence-based resources; 
• Access to free educational opportunities, including learning collaboratives using the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Breakthrough Series Model focusing on best practices;   
• The ability to network with other stakeholders committed to quality improvement, including other hospitals, state hospital associations, nursing homes, behavioral health providers, local health departments, and community-based organizations; and
• Having a single partner for QI assistance on initiatives within hospital walls (HQIC) and beyond hospital walls (QIO). Telligen is also the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for Oklahoma.

OHA recently sent an invitation to participate directly to the CEO, CNO, quality and infection prevention staff of eligible hospitals. For questions, please contact Patrice Greenawalt, MS, RN, OHA clinical initiatives manager, [email protected].