Eligibility criteria to participate in I-MPACT:
- Develop a local team (cluster) comprised of at least:
- 1 hospital
- 1 or more provider organizations (PO)
- 2 patient advisers or 1 patient adviser and 1 caregiver adviser
- Complete and sign a commitment statement with I-MPACT
- Identify cluster leadership and select an administrative lead to maintain communication between participants and the coordinating center
- Select a target population as a focus
- Hire a project associate (.5 FTE)
- Attend an I-MPACT Kick-off event
Site expectations for successful participation:
- Within 2 months following the Kick-off select three initial interventions
- Within 3 months of Kick-off submit QI log
- Participation from each site on each monthly conference call
- Participation from each site at all tri-annual collaborative wide meetings
- Data collection from admission to discharge
- Collaborate with the coordinating center
- Collaborate with other participating sites