Sample Hospital Newsletter Articles
<HOSPITAL NAME> Improves Critical Care Medicine with Support of MHA Keystone Center
<Note: the following two paragraphs apply to hospitals participating in MHA Keystone: ICU>
With support and guidance from the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center,
Michigan hospitals are reducing the occurrence of central-line-associated bloodstream infections
(CLABSIs) and ventilator-associated events (VAEs). Participating hospitals are also implementing
prevention, detection and treatment strategies to reduce sedation and delirium in the intensive care
unit (ICU).
Michigan hospitals reduced CLABSIs by 69 percent from 2004 through 2014 and <HOSPITAL> achieved a
<PERCENT DECREASE> percent decrease from <DATE TO DATE>. Additionally, nearly 90 percent of ICU
patients statewide received delirium screening in 2014, while <PERCENT> percent of patients at
<HOSPITAL NAME> were screened for delirium last year to improve patient awareness.
<Note: the following paragraph applies to hospitals participating in MHA Keystone: Sepsis>
Michigan hospitals are also implementing best practices to manage sepsis (also known as blood
poisoning) and septic shock through the MHA Keystone: Sepsis collaborative. Participating hospitals
statewide reduced the mortality rate for septic shock patients by 34 percent from 2011 through 2014.
<HOSPITAL NAME> achieved a <PERCENT DECREASE> percent reduction from <DATE to DATE>.
For more information about the efforts underway to make Michigan hospitals safer, visit
www.mhakeystonecenter.org.
<HOSPITAL NAME> Collaborates with Hospitals Statewide to Reduce Procedural Harm
<Note: the following paragraph applies to hospitals participating in MHA Keystone: CAUTI>
Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center efforts are helping Michigan hospitals
reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). The collaborative focuses on ensuring
catheters are only placed when necessary, cared for properly and removed in a timely manner to lower
the risk of infection. As a result, Michigan hospitals experienced a 27 percent reduction in catheter
prevalence from 2012 through 2014; however, CAUTI rates have remained stable. <HOSPITAL NAME>
experienced a <PERCENT DECREASE> percent decrease in catheter prevalence and <PERCENT
DECREASE> percent decrease in CAUTI rates from <DATE to DATE>.
<Note: the following paragraph applies to hospitals participating in MHA Keystone: Pain Management>
In addition, 45 hospitals in Michigan and Illinois, including <HOSPITAL NAME> joined MHA Keystone:
Pain Management to reduce opioid-related harm, improve appropriate pain management and decrease
opioid use. The MHA also participates in a statewide task force on behalf of Michigan hospitals to
address prescription drug and opioid problems.
For more information about the efforts underway to make Michigan hospitals safer, visit
www.mhakeystonecenter.org.
<HOSPITAL NAME> Working to Improve Health of Mothers and Newborn Babies
<Note: the following paragraphs apply to hospitals participating in MHA Keystone: Obstetrics>
<HOSPITAL NAME> is part of a statewide collaborative to improve the health of mothers and newborn
babies by decreasing early elective births and educating patients about labor management, induction,
possible cesarean birth, postpartum hemorrhage and preeclampsia. The collaborative, led by the
Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center, impacts nearly 80 percent of all births
in Michigan.
MHA Keystone: Obstetrics also focuses on engaging patients and their families throughout all stages of
care and has partnered with the March of Dimes and the Michigan Department of Health and Human
Services to educate expectant moms on the importance of waiting 39 weeks to deliver, if the pregnancy
is healthy.
As a result of these efforts, Michigan hospitals have experienced a 60 percent reduction in early elective
births from 2010 through 2014. <HOSPITAL NAME> has decreased early elective births by <PERCENT
DECREASE> percent from <DATE to DATE>.
For more information about the efforts underway to make Michigan hospitals safer, visit
www.mhakeystonecenter.org.