Publications and Toolkits
The IHA Quality Care Institute develops and highlights publications and toolkits that can help Illinois hospitals bolster their quality and patient safety initiatives.
Observation Stays - Responding to feedback from members and legislators asking for educational materials to help explain observation care, specifically how it relates to Medicare billing and three-day-stay requirements for skilled nursing care, the following IHA resources have been developed to enhance providers' and patients' understanding of observation care - View resource tools.
Standardized Wristband Toolkit for Illinois Hospitals
IHA and the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council developed a toolkit for hospitals that choose to standardize wristband colors and text. The standardization initiative is voluntary, and does not require those hospitals that presently do not use color-coded patient alert wristbands to adopt the practice. To date, more than 30 states have standardized color-coded patient alert wristbands in hospitals. Colors are used to communicate alerts to caregivers regarding allergies, do not resuscitate, and risk to fall. Information and resources include:
Publications