Three New SPS Cohorts Launching Soon!

We are excited to offer three new opportunities in the coming months for hospitals to participate in active testing around harm prevention via new improvement cohorts. New cohort launches include:

Nephrotoxic Acute Kidney Injury (NAKI) Improvement Cohort: We have redesigned this cohort and will launch with a new quality improvement strategy focused on preventing exposure to highly nephrotoxic medications.

Unplanned Extubations (UE) Improvement Cohort: We are relaunching this cohort with the goal of identifying additional interventions that will lead to further UE reduction in the NICU.

Safety Disparities Improvement Cohort: This cohort will focus on understanding and addressing potential disparities in bundle observation processes by race, ethnicity, and language.

All SPS project managers and quality leaders will receive three separate communications in the coming months with full details and an invitation to participate in these cohorts. As a reminder, you are not required to participate in any (or all) of these cohorts, though we hope you consider with your team if participation may be meaningful for your hospital.

We understand and support network hospitals’ prioritization of safety efforts. While these cohorts will all launch in the coming months, we do not expect hospitals to volunteer to participate in all three efforts simultaneously, due to the rigors of active improvement testing. Please do not hesitate to reach out to SPS if you have questions.

Interim and Three-Year Network Goals Update

Thank you for participating in our interim goal period, which ended June 30, 2023! SPS is pleased to share an update on the interim goal results and progress toward our three-year goals. Please click here to review the goal summary.

Additionally, you may review the network goal progress via the SPS Network Dashboard on SharePoint. If you would like to check your hospital’s status for the interim goals, click here. We look forward to continuing to work with you on our mission toward zero harm!

UE Special Cause Investigation and Chart Shifts

We are excited to share that we shifted our UE-ICU and UE-NICU charts on Aug. 22! UE-ICU had a provisional shift of 0.590 to 0.530 (10% reduction), and UE-NICU had a provisional shift of 0.751 to 0.699 (6.9% reduction)!

This equates to approximately 372 fewer children harmed during the special cause investigation period (Aug. 2022 – June 2023)!

We will recalculate the centerlines once we have complete July 2023 data, and will be reaching out to hospitals who contributed to the reduction to learn more. Stay tuned for more findings in the coming months.

To expand the charts, click on the images above.

Network Updates

Safety Disparities: New Resource, New Publication & Gap Analysis Reminder

New Data Collection Resource

SPS has a new resource to help your teams collect high-quality race, ethnicity, and language (REaL) data. Please share this valuable guide with your team to improve your REaL data collection! Click here to access “REaL Data Collection Resources: Guidance for SPS Hospitals” including:

Steps to follow when implementing a REaL data collection process in your hospital
Best practices and tips for each step along the way from experienced teams
Over 20 examples of tools, templates, and scripts in use at network hospitals

Have you submitted your safety disparities gap analysis?

Though the interim goal period closed on June 30, SPS asks that you submit your organizational gap analysis via the quarterly review form on the SPS data site as soon as possible. Your responses will help us to plan meaningful learning opportunities to support your team’s progress.

New Publication: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Common Inpatient Safety Outcomes in a Children’s Hospital Cohort

Results from our PHARE Cohort study group have been published in BMJ Quality & Safety. Click here to read the publication and learn about our results. Please note, this is not an open-access article. We encourage you to check with your institution to learn if BMJ Quality & Safety access is provided through them.

Our Fall Virtual Learning Series is off to a great start. We encourage you to join us for future sessions by adding them to your calendar - do this by visiting the “Live Sessions” tab on the event site. Click here to register if you have not already!

Learn more about upcoming sessions in the Agenda-At-A-Glance. Each of the five, two-hour sessions are focused on a topic.

Transforming Language, Transforming Culture: Oct. 24 from 1-3 p.m. ET
Learning from Work as Done: Nov. 2 from 1-3 p.m. ET
Building Upon Our Safety Foundation: Nov. 9 from 2-4 p.m. ET

For detailed registration instructions and a list of recommended attendees, click here.

Brief Network Reminders

SPS encourages your CEO/Top Pediatric Leader(s) to attend the CEO Webinar on Jan. 31 from 2:30-4 p.m. ET. Click here to register your CEO/Top Pediatric Leader for the virtual webinar!

Thank You For Participating in the Proactive Safety Game Time Coaching Calls!

SPS would like to thank the hospitals who attended the Proactive Safety Game Time Coaching Call series and the 39 hospitals who have submitted their learnings to SPS. Learnings from these surveys will inform future work and be highlighted at the SPS Fall Virtual Learning Series. The Proactive Safety resources can be found on SharePoint. If you missed a Game Time Coaching Call, the slides and recordings can be found on SharePoint.

Hospital Membership Invoices

We are happy to share that hospital membership fees will not increase and will remain at $39,500 per hospital. You can expect invoices to be sent in mid-October to your hospital’s CEO/Top Pediatric Leader, Quality Leader, and Project Manager. If your hospital requires an amendment for 2024, it will be sent along with the invoice.

Are You Interested in Hosting a Regional Meeting?

SPS is seeking hospitals that are interested in hosting future in-person regional meetings! Hosting your region’s annual meeting provides the opportunity to showcase your work and have a variety of individuals from your organization attend without traveling. If you are interested in hosting your region in 2024 or beyond, please reach out to SPS.

Shared Regional Testing Data Submission is Live!

Thanks to all teams who are participating in shared, multi-center PDSA testing with your regional peers! We’re excited to share that you are now able to submit data for your region’s agreed-upon measures to track the success of your shared improvement testing.

Utilize this link to submit data via REDCap, and bookmark it for future use.

If your region has not aligned on common measures to use for your shared test, or if your region needs to adjust the measures being collected, please collaborate with your regional peers and have a representative reach out to SPS.

New SPS Publications

SPS is pleased to share two publications in the journals Pediatrics and Applied Clinical Informatics have been added to our website. The publications are titled:

“Compliance with Central Line Maintenance Bundle and Infection Rates” (Aug. 4, 2023)
“Association between electronic health record implementations and hospital-acquired conditions in pediatric hospitals” (July 12, 2023)

Click here to visit the SPS website to access each publication.

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