WEEKLY UPDATE: 05/14/26
Celebrating National Hospital Week and Connecticut hospitals’ standing as the safest in the country, the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) has published an op-ed in CT Mirror, CTNewsJunkie, and Hearst Connecticut Media. The article spotlights continuous efforts to advance quality, high reliability, and patient and workforce safety and recognizes the devoted and talented staff at the bedside and beyond who collectively elevate the excellent care for which our hospitals — and our state — are known.
“Connecticut healthcare professionals dedicate their lives to improving the lives of others. Hospitals remain steadfast in their core mission of serving our communities. Patients rightly expect excellence everywhere they receive care. Together, we are raising the bar higher, committed to doing even better for this generation and the next,” wrote Jennifer Jackson, CEO, CHA. “Together, we are propelling our state into a safer, healthier, more equitable future for all.”
Jackson highlighted Connecticut hospitals’ sustained investment in quality improvement, collaboration, workforce training, and innovation through the ongoing nation-leading, statewide high reliability organization (HRO) initiative, HRO Forward.
“Through the HRO initiative, Connecticut hospitals have adopted proactive methods to eliminate preventable patient harm and protect the healthcare workforce. They’ve established systems to anticipate risks, investigate problems, adjust practices, and measure progress. Importantly, hospital leaders and staff, clinical and nonclinical, embrace patient safety as everyone’s responsibility, regardless of role,” Jackson wrote. “To advance HRO Forward, hospitals are actively reinforcing psychological safety, ensuring hospital staff feel empowered to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and raise concerns. Ultimately, promoting a learning mindset in clinical settings and fostering trust among teams is proven to optimize safety and minimize mistakes.”
“Connecticut hospitals are also strengthening infection prevention stewardship and holding one another accountable for ongoing improvement — a collaboration that has yielded meaningful results,” Jackson wrote, referencing recently released national data showing Connecticut has achieved pronounced declines in C. diff, CLABSI, CAUTI, and MRSA infection rates, outperforming regional peers in several key measures.
Click any of the following links to read the full-length op-ed:
- Opinion: Why Connecticut is one of best states for health care
- Opinion: CT hospitals lead in high-quality, safe healthcare
- Opinion | Connecticut Hospitals Lead Nation In High-Quality, Safe Healthcare, Affirming Our Commitment To Continuous Improvement
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