FMQAI, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Florida, has agreed to be the Florida node for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) 100K Lives Campaign, the first ever national initiative to save a specified number of lives by a certain date, using proven clinical practices and methods. The goal of the campaign is to prevent 100,000 deaths between December 2004 to June 2006.
FMQAI will collaborate with the American Heart Association and the following healthcare system nodes located in Florida to achieve the IHI goal.
- BayCare Health System
- Health Management Associates
- Lee Memorial Health System
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation
- VHA Southeast
