IPRO, a national healthcare quality evaluation organization, recently awarded Yale New Haven Hospital a 2024 IPRO Quality Award. YNHH participates in the IPRO Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), a federal program focused on improving care for Medicare patients nationwide. YNHH was recognized in the category of Commitment to Safe Care Transitions and Cross Continuum Collaboration. The hospital worked with Healthcentric Advisors, a QIN-QIO collaborator, to achieve measurable quality improvement outcomes.
Accepting the IPRO quality award were (l-r): Kathleen O’Leary, RN, Yale New Haven Health vice president, Post Acute Care Services; Olukemi Akande, MD, physician executive director, YNHHS Post Acute Care; Ellen Macone, performance manager, YNHHS Post Acute Care; and Erin Mullane, project manager, Yale New Haven Hospital Care Management.
