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MHA Keystone Hospital Engagement Network (HEN)

In December 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the MHA Keystone Center will be leading a federal effort in Michigan to improve patient safety and health care quality. The MHA Keystone Center is one of 26 state, regional, national and hospital system organizations to become a Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) to identify, share and implement best practices aimed at reducing preventable hospital-acquired conditions (HACs).

Each HEN works with hospitals to address patient injuries that result from adverse drug events, various types of infections, injuries from falls, pressure ulcers and more. The goals are to reduce preventable HACs by 40 percent and reduce hospital readmissions by 20 percent by the end of 2013. Success would mean about 1.8 million fewer injuries to patients in the hospital, saving more than 60,000 lives over three years, and would mean more than 1.6 million patients recover from illness without suffering a preventable complication requiring rehospitalization.

The MHA Keystone HEN builds on the work that has already proved successful in Michigan and reinforces and complements the ongoing MHA Keystone Center projects and the MHA Patient Safety Organization efforts. Key areas such as readmissions, where significant penalties will soon be imposed for excessive rates under health care reform, will continue to be a focus of both the MHA Keystone Center and MHA Keystone HEN.

HEN Focus Area	Related MHA Keystone Center Collaborative
Adverse drug events	MHA Keystone: Safe Care
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection	MHA Keystone: Hospital-associated Infection and MHA Keystone: Emergency Room
Central-line-associated bloodstream infection	MHA Keystone: Intensive Care Unit
Injuries from falls and immobility	MHA Keystone: Safe Care
Obstetrical adverse events	MHA Keystone: Obstetrics
Pressure ulcers	MHA Keystone: Safe Care
Surgical site infections	MHA Keystone: Surgery
Venous thromboembolism	MHA Keystone: Safe Care
Ventilator-associated pneumonia	MHA Keystone: Intensive Care Unit

For more information, review the frequently asked questions, or contact Brittany Bogan at the MHA.