For more information contact:
Diane Smith
Director,
Patient Safety and Care Transitions
(248) 465-7329
Community Zero/Patient Safety Connect
Patient Safety
Overview
MPRO assists Michigan providers in the hospital and nursing home settings to improve care processes. Initiatives are designed to address patient harm for which there is evidence on how to improve safety by improving processes and systems.
Under the Patient Safety Theme, MPRO assists selected providers to:
- Reduce rates of heath-care associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) infections;
- Reduce rates of pressure ulcers in nursing homes and hospitals;
- Reduce rates of use of physical restraints in nursing homes;
- Improve inpatient surgical safety and heart failure treatment in hospitals;
- Improve drug safety;
- Provide quality improvement technical assistance to nursing homes in need.
The requirements of the Patient Safety Theme are also referred to as the CMS National Patient Safety Initiative (NPSI).
Advancing Excellence in Nursing Homes
