Hospital Improvement Innovation Network

The Partnership for Patients (PfP) Hospital Improvement and Innovation Network (HIIN) was a national initiative to prevent patient harm and improve care in hospitals across the U.S. The HIIN continued the successful work of the Hospital Engagement Network (HEN), which saved more than 87,000 lives and $19.8 billion in health care costs over the past four years. The HEN campaign aimed to reduce inpatient harm by 40 percent and avoidable readmissions by 20 percent over a three-year period (2012-14). This national effort utilized HENs to facilitate quality improvement work and provide technical assistance to hospitals.

• The HIIN initiative launched in 2016 and ended in 2020.
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded $347 million to 16 organizations to serve as HIINs.
• The American Hospital Association/Health Research and Education Trust (AHA/HRET) led the largest HIIN in the nation, uniting with 32 state or regional hospital associations and nearly 1600 hospitals.
• Colorado Hospital Association was the lead in Colorado for the AHA/HRET HIIN.
• Together, the HIINs pursued ambitious goals of reducing all-cause inpatient harm by 20 percent and readmissions by 12 percent by 2019.