1Goodnough, L. T., Shieh, L. , Hadhazy, E. , Cheng, N. , Khari, P. and Maggio, P. (2014), Best practice alerts decrease blood use. Transfusion, 54: 1358-1365.
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) is a medical society comprised of hospitalists that exists to promote exceptional care for hospitalized patients.
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) is actively recruiting for its fall cohort of the Transfusing Wisely Quality Improvement (QI) Collaborative.
The collaborative, which begins in October 2018, is a 14-month program designed to support hospitals in reducing the rate of unnecessary blood transfusions with the goal of lowering the risk of complications for patients and supporting hospitals in the judicious use of valuable resources.
Blood is an expensive, finite resource that is often wasted when over transfused. Multiple hospitals have implemented restrictive transfusion protocols and have benefitted substantially, saving millions of dollars and demonstrating a favorable return on investment1 while improving care for hospitalized patients.
Participating hospitals will have access to:
No, this is not part of a research study. This is strictly a quality improvement project. The information that sites submit for data collection is de-identified and contains no patient specific health information. There is no need for IRB. The University of California San Diego IRB will provide a QI waiver and it is possible that academic publications could result from the collaborative.
SHM requests that sites secure institutional support including C-suite buy-in. Sites are expected to assemble a team to improve blood utilization, dedicate the requisite resources, collect data according to the program protocol and actively participate in educational sessions.
Interested hospitals should complete the online application by September 14, 2018. View a preview of the application.
The tuition fee of $8800 is due on September 14, 2018. $800 discount on the tuition fee available through September 14, 2018.
Please view Dr. Ian Jenkin’s brief webinar recording from August 29th to learn more about SHM’s Transfusing Wisely QI Collaborative and the benefits you receive for enrolling. View webinar recording.
Questions? Program staff are available to answer any questions you may have regarding the Transfusing Wisely QI Collaborative. Contact us.
1Goodnough, L. T., Shieh, L. , Hadhazy, E. , Cheng, N. , Khari, P. and Maggio, P. (2014), Best practice alerts decrease blood use. Transfusion, 54: 1358-1365.