About Quality and Patient Safety
Sacramento-based Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) is the quality and patient safety arm of the California Hospital Association (CHA), HASC, the Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties and the Hospital Council – Northern and Central California.
CHA founded HQI in 2013. Since then, the institute has offered information and learning on best practices in safe, high-quality patient care. HQI also oversees and coordinates the Collaborative Health Care Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO).
A number of HASC-led quality and patient safety initiatives have also been completed in recent years. Examples are below.
For more information, visit www.hqinstitute.org, or contact HQI President Robert Imhoff at (916) 552-7600 or [email protected].
What Can 1- and 2-Star Hospitals Do to Move Ahead…
…and What Can 4- and 5-Star Hospitals Do to Not Slip? The 2026 CMS Star Ratings are set for official release on May 13, 2026, with the preview data available on Feb. 19, 2026. This critical timing offers hospitals a brief window in which to understand how they’ve moved and to prepare messaging or interventions. […]
Webinar Underscores Need for Strong Emergency Management and Cybersecurity
View webinar recording HASC recently hosted a webinar for member hospitals on strengthening their emergency management and cybersecurity practices. The session featured Gerry Blass, chief executive officer, ComplyAssistant, and Tom Soto, CISSP, chief information officer, HASC. Whether caused by natural or human-made disasters, outages can paralyze business operations. Blass and Soto explored ways hospitals can […]
Care Collaboration Conference
You’re invited to the Southern California Care Collaboration Conference, hosted by HASC and PointClickCare, our Endorsed Business Partner. We hope you can join us! At the Care Collaboration Conference, you’ll come together with Southern California thought leaders, health plans and providers from both acute and post-acute care markets to discuss how to enhance collaboration across […]