Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality shares and supports the goal of Oklahoma's health care providers and practitioners to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries. As Oklahoma's Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), we work with Oklahoma's health care providers to measurably improve the care and outcomes related to specific clinical areas. We partner with Oklahoma hospitals to implement programs in health care quality improvement to evaluate and improve the quality of medical services given to Medicare patients.

Our hospital quality initiatives are comprehensive.  We work with volunteer hospitals in urban and rural Oklahoma to develop system-wide improvement strategies, implement health information technologies and address specific clinical topics to improve health outcomes. We also play a major role in assisting hospitals with measuring and reporting performance.

Our Current Projects

Appropriate Care Measures (ACM) - Hospitals collect and report a composite 10 of the publicly reported national measures for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia. 

Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)  - Focuses on reducing the following perioperative complications: surgical site infection, adverse cardiac events, venous thromboembolism, and post-operative pneumonia

System Improvement/Organizational Change (SIOC) - Focuses on improving clinical quality by making progress toward implementing one of the following technology systems: Pharmacy Bar Code-enabled Point of Care, Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), and Telehealth

Rural Organizational Safety Culture (ROSC) - Collects and reports data and learning to make improvements on clinical measures with a planned process.