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Comprehensive Quality Improvement Partnerships
The final chapters put two major VPQ partnerships in the spotlight; both efforts use all the component pieces of the quality improvement cycle. VPQ has partnered with the Department of Health, acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities to combat the emerging problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria in our care facilities and specifically the transfer of multi-drug resistant infections from one care setting to another. The effort has caught the interest of the federal Center of Disease Control and Prevention which is adding additional in-kind resources.
Another effort focuses on the quality of care at our eight Critical Access Hospitals. This effort is funded with federal monies through the Vermont Office of Rural Health. This effort has assisted these eight hospitals with their eligibility to receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements which are critical to their survival. In the coming year, the partnership is being expanded to include a statewide collaborative effort to improve critical care services in our rural hospital emergency departments. Another related VPQ activity is the creation of a tight network of quality personnel among the various institutions with the intent to leverage the knowledge and quality resources at each hospital.
Chapter 9: Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections
Chapter 10: Critical Access Hospitals
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