QIO Success Stories

Special Innovation Project: Great Plains QIN-QIO Improves Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates

When CMS’ QIO Program announced a call for Special Innovation Projects (SIPs) in summer 2015, the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN) – the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) serving Kansas, ...

Quality Reporting / Quality Payment Program: Qualis Health QIN-QIO Improves Quality Reporting at Critical Access Hospitals in Idaho, Ambulatory Surgery Centers in Washington

Qualis Health – the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) serving Idaho and Washington – is working to improve quality reporting for clinicians, including those at physician practices and at larger ...

Nursing Home Care: Quality Insights QIN-QIO Improves Resident Quality of Life

Over the course of a year, the nation’s 15,600 nursing homes provide services to more than three million Americans. To ensure every nursing home resident receives the highest quality of ...

Medication Safety: Telligen QIN-QIO’s Medication Reconciliation Project Helps Reduce Adverse Drug Events

Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) are defined as any harm to a patient resulting from the use of a medication – whether the harms stem from medication errors, overdoses, or adverse ...

Immunizations: Atlantic QIN-QIO and Partners Spread Vaccine Awareness and Achieve Higher Immunization Rates

The Atlantic Quality Innovation Network (AQIN) – the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) serving New York, South Carolina and the District of Columbia – has committed to changing the way South Carolinians ...

Diabetes Care / Everyone with Diabetes Counts: HSAG QIN-QIO Addresses Cultural Barriers to Improve DSME Participation Rates

Providing Diabetes Self Management Education (DSME) to people with diabetes can significantly decrease the symptoms of the disease. As the nation grows more culturally diverse, QIN-QIOs are facing new challenges ...