To reduce the negative outcomes of opioid use in the KC region, KC QVIC partnered with the Missouri Hospital Association, which serves 144 member hospitals. Together, the two organizations collaborated with several groups from across Missouri to replicate an emergency department initiated opioid overdose program – Engaging Patients in Care Coordination.
Heart failure is a ‘carousel’ whereby patients with chronic heart failure experience exacerbations that drive them to the emergency department where, more than 80% of the time, they are admitted, treated and discharged, only to be readmitted. To help hospitals, almost a dozen different evidence-based strategies have been identified by the KC QVIC and were implemented across the KC region.
