SPS Quality & Safety Leader Newsletter

Join the New Safety Disparities Cohort & Attend the Monthly Foundations Webinar Series

The Safety Disparities Accelerated Improvement Cohort: Using Race, Ethnicity and Language (REaL) Data to Further Understand your Bundle Observations is a rapid-cycle pilot project designed specifically to expose disparities in how bundle observations are performed for central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) and unplanned extubations (UE) prevention based on race, ethnicity, and language (REaL). If you missed the March 15 Office Hours, click here to view the slides and recording.

Review the Invitation Packet and Submit a Cohort Commitment by Friday, March 29

The Monthly Safety Disparities Foundations Webinar Series: Moving Beyond Measurement is an educational opportunity open to all network hospitals. The series supports your organization as you move beyond the detection and measurement of safety disparities towards actions to eliminate them.

View the flyer for topics, registration, and more!

Interested in other Safety Disparities Resources? Click here to review the SPS email sent in February to explore resources to support your team’s ongoing work.

New Networking Tool: Sign Up for the Safety Disparities Listserv

SPS is now offering a new Safety Disparities Listserv to those involved with Safety Disparities work across network hospitals! This email-based listserv is a networking forum to ask questions and share learnings around the process, detection, and measurement of Safety Disparities.

We encourage all SPS member hospital employees who are involved in Safety Disparities work to engage with this meaningful networking tool. Unlike existing active listservs, any individual can sign up to join the Safety Disparities listserv to ask questions and share ideas. Please use this link to sign up now for the listserv that will launch in mid-April. Be sure to forward this information to others at your hospitals who are active in Safety Disparities work.

SPS Year In Review: A Look Back at 2023

The SPS 2023 Year in Review is now available! In this resource, you will find a look back on the exciting milestones and progress made in 2023 because of your hospital's part in SPS! SPS also shares in detail how our approach to safety is evolving with a focus on Proactive Safety, reflects on goal progress, and shares a glimpse into what's to come in 2024!

Review the Updated 2023 SHINE & Transparency Report!

Due to inadvertent omissions in the report originally published in Dec. 2023, SPS has updated and republished the 2023 SHINE and Transparency Report. Click here to access this resource to recognize and learn from top performing hospitals in key network areas of improvement work.

Explore Important Network Updates

Join SPS at the Spring National Learning Session, with Keynote Speaker Dr. Todd Conklin

Registration* is OPEN to attend the Spring NLS in San Antonio, TX on May 22-24! During the three days, you'll hear from hospitals and leaders across the network on our learning objectives detailed below. We are particularly excited to welcome our Keynote Speaker Dr. Todd Conklin, Human Performance and Organizational Safety Expert. Dr. Conklin is a world thought leader who has been instrumental in advancing proactive organizational safety cultures around the globe.

*All members of SPS hospitals are welcome to attend. Each hospital is invited to allow up to five individuals to register during the initial registration period, which closes April 19.

For more details on topics, target audience, and accommodations, please view the High-Level Agenda.

All Falls Network Increase

From March to Oct. 2023, the SPS centerline for All Falls in the network increased by approximately 9.7% from a centerline of 0.802 to 0.0880. SPS would like to bring your awareness to this increase in our rate of falls.

As we continue to monitor this increase, we ask you to remain aware and utilize reduction strategies such as the SPS Falls Prevention Bundle, a learning team, or a proactive safety huddle for high-risk patients. If you have beyond the bundle improvement strategies to address All Falls, please contact the SPS inbox as we’d love to hear from you.

Don't Miss these Brief Network Reminders!

Take advantage of 2024 regional collaboration opportunities!

Continue participating in your region’s shared Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) testing! Continue submitting your data via REDCap, and review charts of your region’s data (found on each region’s SharePoint page). This final year of shared testing will culminate in a showcase of the improvement ideas and learnings from all 13 regions.
Mark your calendar for your 2024 regional meeting – reference our key learning opportunities document for dates and locations. Agenda and registration info will be shared in the coming months via direct communication and the biweekly Project Manager Update.
Plan to attend your regional breakout at the May 22-24 National Learning Session in San Antonio for dedicated time with your regional peers to identify and design future collaboration opportunities.

New SSER Rate Chart

In February, SPS announced hospitals can now view their 12-month rolling SSER rate chart on the SPS Data Platform. We encourage you to utilize this chart to better understand your SSER trends and the impact of your improvement work. Click here to review the full announcement and click here to view the SSER Data Guide.

Coming Soon: 2023 Navigator and Hospital Performance Reports

Thank you for working with your teams to complete your organization’s 2023 Navigator Webform and submit all 2023 data! Be on the lookout later this quarter for an individual email to your hospital leaders with your 2023 reports. Additionally, the 2024 Navigator Milestones will be published soon.

Save the Dates for Important Network Learning Opportunities

Virtual Board Training will take place May 1 from 12-1:30 p.m. ET. Click here to register! In-Person Board Training will take place Sept. 12-13 in Chicago, IL. More information will be shared closer to that time. Additionally, we have launched the SPS Board Training Event SharePoint space with easy access to past slides and recordings, click here to view the new space.
The next 2024 CEO webinar will take place on Nov. 12 from 2:30-4 p.m., please click here to register and encourage your CEO/Top Pediatric Leader(s) to attend.
View a comprehensive list of all Network Learning Opportunities here.

Patient Behavioral Events Resource Guide

As part of its CY24 Patient Behavioral Events (PBE) Strategy, SPS is thrilled to announce the release of the Employee/Staff Safety (ESS) Preventing Serious Harm From Patient Behavioral Events Resource Guide. We encourage network hospitals to explore this resource and adapt its content to suit organizational needs based on clinical settings and patient populations.

New Publications

SPS is pleased to share abstracts from the 2023 Spring National Learning Session that were published in Pediatric Quality and Safety, view all the published abstracts here. SPS Clinical Director Anne Lyren also recently published "Safety Disparities: Putting Pediatrics at a Professional Crossroads" in Pediatrics, view the publication here.

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