In the News
2/5/2008 - PRHI named a Chartered Value Exchange by Dept. of Health & Human Services (Post Gazette)
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2/5/2008 - PRHI named a Chartered Value Exchange by Dept. of Health & Human Serv ices (Trib)
It is the 5th story "Health Plan Lauded" within this article.
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2/1/2008 - HHS Secretary Awards Health Leaders with Special Distinction for Improving Quality and Value of Health Care
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1/15/2008 - Insurers Stop Paying for Care Linked to Errors
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11/19/2007 - Pharmacists begin Quality Improvement Demos
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10/1/2007 - Pennsylvania Hospital Readmissions Increase
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9/27/2007 - PRHI Meadville Tribune Patient Mortality Rates
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9/27/2007 - PRHI Pittsburgh Tribune Review Readmissions
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9/11/2007 - PRHI Patient Safety Authority Infection Advisory Panel
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9/9/2007 - PRHI Post Gazette Diabetes Series Sept. 2007
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6/26/2007 - Pharmacy Agents for Change RFA available
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4/26/2007 - Plans Announced for a Pharmacy Pilot Program
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3/13/2007 - PPC helps Allegheny General Hospital prevent CLABS for 13 consecutive months; wins nursing award
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3/12/2007 - Record number of region's employers commit to new healthcare reform
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1/3/2006 - The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative kicks off Physician Champions program and establishes four Centers for Transforming Care
To encourage continued, significant improvements in healthcare quality in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and to spread those changes more broadly, PRHI, in partnership with the Allegheny County Medical Society and the Pennsylvania Medical Society, inaugurated the Physician Champions program.
The program initially includes eight physicians practicing in six different settings. The eight emerged through a rigorous selection process that drew more than 30 physicians interested in applying PRHI's Perfecting Patient Caresm (PPC) principles to greatly improve safety or practice through evidence-based research projects.
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7/14/2005 - Pittsburgh posts major reduction in healthcare-acquired infection
The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, today announced that the region has achieved a 63% reduction in the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections. This unprecedented, 3-year collaboration among the partner hospitals of the region and the CDC has produced a significant result.
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5/22/2005 - Wellness: hospitals and personal health resources
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4/1/2005 - PA Patient Safety Reporting System offers updates
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3/20/2005 - Sunday Forum: healing the healthcare system
The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative was always about how the region works together to solve problems. With new leadership, PRHI looks ahead. An opinion editorial by PRHI Managing Director, Peter L. Perreiah, and PRHI Board Chair, Karen W. Feinstein, appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday, March 20.
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2/24/2005 - PRHI announces changes in organization, leadership
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