The most recent Fast Facts documents from the Southern California Patient Safety Collaborative are now available online. From Track II’s Care Transitions and Readmissions Reduction Learning and Action Network’s June 5 meeting, visit www.hasc.org/fact-sheet/fast-facts-12 for Fast Facts. The May 15 meeting of Track I, HAI Prevention, Sepsis Management, and Surgical Care Improvement, is available at www.hasc.org/fact-sheet/fast-facts-11.

At the most recent Track II meeting, 117 attendees from 26 hospitals plus several post-acute and community based organizations learned about:

• Change Package for Readmission Reductions
• Improving Quality and Building the Care Team to Reduce Avoidable Hospital Readmissions
• Reducing Readmissions through Palliative Care & Use of POLST
• No Place Like Home: A California Campaign to Reduce Readmissions
• Enhancing Care Transitions to Reduce Readmissions at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, CA
• Reducing Avoidable Acute Care Transfers from the Nursing Home
• Innovative Electronic Information Exchange to Ensure Safe Handoffs

Track I’s May 15 meeting included 141 attendees from 57 hospitals and other health care organizations. Key topics were:

• A Patient Story – The impact of an HAI as seen from the other side of the bed
• The Patient & Family Advisory Council – Impact on Patient Centered Care and Quality
• Reducing HAIs Participant Session
• Optimizing Performance and Patient Safety in the OR
• Project JOINTS: Joining Organizations in Tackling SSIs
• Surgical Safety: Thinking in Threes

SCPSC meetings are presented by HASC, Health Services Advisory Group and the National Health Foundation, and take place at Pacific Palms Conference Resort, Industry Hills.

Partners for Patient Safety First…a California Partnership for Health include:

• Anthem Blue Cross
• The three regional hospital associations of California: Southern California, San Diego & Imperial Counties, and Northern & Central California
• The National Health Foundation