The Asbury Heights group is designed to share our experiences and lessons learned in quality improvement as we strive to meet our mission to improve the lives of older adults through high-quality and compassionate care.
Perfecting Patient Care Education
PPC University is proprietary lean education taught through Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative. We have provided education modules to many clients in the US and abroad. Please contact us for more information.
RAVEN
The Reduce Avoidable hospitalizations using Evidence-based interventions for Nursing facilities in Western Pennsylvania (RAVEN) Project is a four-year, UPMC Aging Institute-led grant funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. JHF is one of four Operating Partners in the grant (along with Robert Morris University, Heritage Valley Health System, and Excela Health). The Project is focused on using evidence-based interventions at nineteen skilled nursing facilities in western Pennsylvania to: (1) reduce the frequency of avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions among nursing facility residents; (2) improve nursing facility resident health outcomes; (3) improve the bi-directional process of transitional care between hospitals and nursing facilities; and (4) reduce overall healthcare spending without restricting access to care or choice of providers. Among other things, JHF provides training and coaching covering a variety of topics including quality improvement, palliative care, communication and data/metrics.
The participating facilities are:
Brevilier Village
The Caring Place
Corry Manor
Edison Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation
Friendship Ridge
Golden Living Center Shippenville
Kane Regional Center-Glen Hazel
Kane Regional Center-McKeesport
Kane Regional Center- Ross
The Lutheran Home at Kane
Mountainview Specialty Care Center
Oakwood Heights
Sugar Creek Rest
Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Sweden Valley Manor
Squirrel Hill Center for Rehabilitation and Healing
Trinity Living Center
Westmoreland Manor
The success story of this project and contact information is documented in our "Get Involved" section.
QIT
WHERE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MEETS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Annual Health Innovators Fellowship
Participants who have attended a POLST Train-the-trainer course through the RAVEN grant.
QIN Grant
As a trusted partner in this collaborative approach, Quality Insights works hands-on with healthcare providers to introduce new and better ways of approaching patient-centered care and to remove barriers in implementing them. Involvement is obtained through https://www.qualityinsights-qin.org
States involved:
Pennsylvania
Delaware
West Virginia
Louisiana
New Jersey
Care of Mental, Physical, and Substance Use Syndromes (COMPASS) involved 18 medical groups in eight states with funding from CMMI to implement and evaluate a collaborative care management model for adult primary care patients with depression plus sub-optimally managed diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease.
Project Partners:
Community Health Plan of Washington
The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Mayo Clinic Health System
Michigan Center for Clinical Systems Improvement
Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association
PA Medical Groups:
Premier Medical Associates
Saint Vincent Healthcare Partners
Excela Health Medical Group
The success story of this project and contact information is documented in our "Get Involved" section.
Working through end of life care of patients and their families.
EMS Champions program, developed by the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative in partnership with the City of Pittsburgh
learning community for those involved in the MA/LPN Champions Fellowship.
PCRC
Primary Care Resource Center Grant focused on sharing data across PCRC sites and highlighting best practices.
Hospitals involved in this grant
Butler
Conemaugh
Indiana
Mon Valley
Sharon
Uniontown
Wheeling
Please contact us to find more information about this project.
PIC
Partners in Integrated Care involved 57 primary care offices in four states with funding from AHRQ to disseminate evidence-based collaborative care management models for depression and screening and brief interventions for unhealthy alcohol and other drug use.
Project Partners:
Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles (WIPHL)
The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ)
Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners.
PA Medical Groups:
The Washington Hospital Family Medicine
East Liberty Family Health Center
Hamilton Health Center
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Matilda Thesis Health Center
Squirrel Hill Health Center
The success story of this project and contact information is documented in our "Get Involved" section.