BridgePoint Healthcare, a leading post-acute health care provider, announced the grand opening of its new In-Home Dialysis Unit at their National Harborside location. BridgePoint Sub-Acute & Rehabilitation National Harborside will be the only skilled nursing facility in the Washington, D.C. area with the ability to provide in-home dialysis to its ventilator dependent residents, who previously had to transfer out of the District for those services. The state-of-the-art facility will be fully operational in June 2023. The in-home dialysis unit is located within the skilled nursing facility, providing residents with convenient access to a comprehensive range of medical services. The unit features the latest technology in dialysis equipment and offers individualized care plans to meet the unique needs of each patient.

Come work for the District of Columbia Hospital Association (DCHA), an amazing, growing association, as a Program Manager for the Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PQC).

The role of the position is to foster the work of the District’s Perinatal Quality Collaborative, as well as DCHA and its members, through management of the day-to-day operations of the PQC and associated projects, data analytics, quality improvement processes and liaison activities in support of priorities for improvement and strategic goals.

Looking at the average daily volumes, there is a noted increase in utilization across most hospitals going from January to February 2022. Acute care admissions increased by two percentage points compared to pre-COVID baselines going from -17% in January to -11% in February, while Emergency Department admissions changed from -28% to -24% in the same time period. On the other hand, observation admissions remained consistent at 6% over baseline, and average daily ambulatory surgeries saw the biggest increase in volumes going from -9% below baseline in January to 3% over baseline in February. Average daily psychiatric admissions are the only metric that saw a slight decline in volumes from January to February (see Fig. 1). Digging further, all hospitals except for two saw a decline in psychiatric admissions this month, three of which had their lowest volumes in the past 15 months as presented in Table 7 of the report.

DCHA uploaded new resources for members only for the following topics:

• COVID Response Support
• Health Equity
• Opioid Response
• Quality Measures
• Staff Wellness
• Übergänge der Pflege
• Hospital Related Data Resources

To access resources, you must have a DCHA account with a username and password.