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What's New on the PIN Website

Welcome to the Montana Rural Healthcare Performance Improvement Network (PIN)website. The PIN is a voluntary network dedicated to assisting Montana Critical Access Hospitals achieve compliance with Medicare Conditions of Participation related to quality assurance and performance improvement. This website serves as a vehicle to share current materials easily and, on a limited basis, share materials developed at member facilities.

Use the navigation bar to the left to find the following new documents.

Data Spotlight (NEW March 2008)

Managers Performance Improvement Education Program

2008 Coding Workshop Materials

Clinical Studies
Final ED Transfer Aggregate Report January 2008 (Added February 2008)
Alliance Stroke Project Final Report January 2008 (Added January 2008)
Tool-High Alert Meds baseline (Added March 2008)
Tool-Pressure Ulcers baseline (Added March 2008)

Peri-operative Care
Peri-Op Study Reports 2007 (Added December 2007)


Make plans to attend Champions for Quality-Community Crossroads July 18-20 in Helena, Montana

 

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For additional information, contact:

Montana Health Research and Education Foundation

1720 Ninth Avenue--PO BOX 5119--Helena, MT 59601

Phone: 406-442-8802--Fax: 406-449-6571

MHREF Director

Kip Smith                                            Regulatory questions

kip@mtha.org                                     CAH issues                 

 

FLEX Program Coordinator

Carol Bischoff                                     In-state benchmarking project, Local Funding Awards

carol@mtha.org                                  PIN Meetings-PIN Website and List serve-CAH Issues

 

Rural Hospital Quality Coordinator

Kathy Wilcox                                   On-site Performance Improvement Consulting-Balanced Scorecard

kathy@mtha.org                                 Performance Improvement education-Clinical Improvement Studies

406-461-6186

 

 
PIN\Flex Calendar

Champions for Quality
-Community Crossroads
July 18-20, 2008
Great Northern Hotel-Helena click here for more info

CAH Administators Meeting in Billings
September 23-24, 2008

Due Dates

PIN Benchmarking

Feb 15
May 15
Aug 15
Nov 15
4th Qtr data
1st Qtr data
2nd Qtr data
3rd Qtr data

PIN Clinical Improvement Studies

April 30, 2008

Deadline for PIN Patient Safety Clinical Improvement Study Data