HMS held its March 2024 Collaborative Wide Meeting virtually on March 12, 2024. After reviewing data, updates, and next steps for our sepsis initiative, we introduced five member hospitals that shared their experiences of achieving high performance in the 2024 HMS performance measure #8 - Increase Discharge/Post-Discharge Care Coordination for Sepsis Patients Discharged to Home-like Setting. These hospitals and health systems included Henry Ford Health Macomb, Bronson Methodist, Munson Healthcare Cadillac, McLaren Health System, and Covenant. Along with sharing how they’ve been able to achieve high performance, they also provided their top three recommendations for improving within the following components of the measure:
- Hospital Contact Provided at Discharge
- Scheduled Outpatient Follow-up within 2 Weeks
- Post-discharge Telephone Call
Additionally, Elizabeth Rodriguez, a clinical pharmacist specialist at McLaren Greater Lansing, shared how her hospital reduced the use of antibiotics in patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). She emphasized the pharmacists' role in antimicrobial stewardship and described the strategies that improved ASB treatment rates.
Lastly, the meeting concluded with hospital presentations and Q&A in breakout sessions for each HMS initiative: Antimicrobial, Midline (PICC), and Sepsis. The presenters shared their strategies for high performance in reducing the treatment of questionable pneumonia, appropriate midline use, and using balanced fluids in sepsis.