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The Michigan Health & Hospital Association’s (MHA) Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality was created in March 2003 as a 501(c)(3) division of the MHA Health Foundation. MHA Keystone brings together hospitals, national experts and best practice evidence to improve patient safety by addressing the quality of health care delivery at the bedside. One of Keystone’s most ambitious collaboratives, Keystone: ICU, exists through an ongoing and innovative partnership with patient safety experts at Johns Hopkins University.

Pioneers in Patient Safety

The Michigan Health & Hospital Association’s (MHA) Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality was created in March 2003 as a 501(c)(3) division of the MHA Health Foundation in response to growing concern about patient safety and health care quality and in recognition of the unique willingness of Michigan hospitals to collaborate to improve care. To date, Keystone has been funded by grants, MHA-member hospitals and BCBSM.

MHA Keystone exists to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery through the application of science and implementation of best-practice evidence to save lives and reduce costs. The MHA Keystone Center does this by partnerships with patient safety experts such as Johns Hopkins University.

MHA Keystone is unique in its ability to bring large numbers of hospitals together in a single improvement initiative. Through MHA Keystone, Michigan hospitals are gaining national prominence for their willingness to collaborate and effectively improve patient safety and quality of care.

Saving Lives, Reducing Costs

MHA Keystone currently coordinates partnerships and initiatives — Keystone: ICU to improve patient treatment and safety in intensive care units; Keystone: Stroke to reduce the incidence of strokes and to ensure that appropriate care is delivered to patients who suffer them; and the Keystone: Gift of Life collaborative to boost organ donations and save lives. A new Keystone patient safety initiative, called Keystone: Hospital-Associated Infections — or Keystone: HAI — was announced in April 2006. The first year of Keystone: HAI will be spent determining the data to be collected and engaging hospitals, and the second year will be marked by collecting data and feedback and implementing solutions. The first public report from Keystone: HAI is expected in 2008.

Since MHA Keystone’s inception, Michigan hospitals that have partnered with the center have achieved significant, measurable patient safety improvements — saving lives and reducing health care costs.

The Johns Hopkins Model

MHA Keystone uses the Johns Hopkins University collaborative model for transformational change in all its work. The model is based on four E’s: Engage, Educate, Execute and Evaluate. The activities supporting each step of the process vary from project to project, but are always detailed, methodical and evidence-based to ensure meaningful data and significant opportunity for change.

MHA Keystone — Be Courageous

Vision:
Michigan hospitals will lead the nation in patient safety and quality improvement practices.

Mission:
The MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality will expedite the translation of patient safety and quality evidence into practice.

Motto:
“Expediting the translation of patient safety and quality improvement evidence into practice.”

Strategies:
• Create will • Build relationships • Listen to experts • Use our voice • Be courageous