Sherman is one of 195 Illinois hospitals that have signed the IHA Quality Care Institute’s “Raising the Bar: A Call to Action” pledge – joining together in an unprecedented initiative to make Illinois the nation’s leader in quality care and patient safety.

Leaders of hospitals from throughout Illinois have signed the Raising the Bar: A Call to Action pledge, which calls for the hospitals to engage in specific interventions over the next three years to reduce hospital re-admissions and hospital-acquired infections and other complications. The hospitals pledged to work to develop and collaborate on initiatives and programs that will:

• Reduce 30-day hospital readmission rates for congestive heart failure, heart attack, and pneumonia
• Reduce hospital-acquired conditions and infections such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), C. difficile, central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), surgical-site infections, and deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism following certain orthopedic procedures.

Through the Quality Care Institute, hospitals can access data, tools and best practices from across the state and from state and national experts on quality improvement and patient safety. The Institute will also provide Illinois hospitals with practical approaches for performance improvement and will actively advocate for the removal of barriers to the coordination of patient care.

For more information, visit the IHA website!