HRET HIIN Hospital Improvement Innovation Network

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) a two-year HIIN contract (with an optional third year based on performance), to continue efforts to reduce all-cause inpatient harm by 20 percent and readmissions by 12 percent by 2019. According to AHRQ, an estimated 125,000 fewer patients died in the hospital and approximately $28 billion in health care costs were saved as a result of reductions in Hospital Acquired Conditions. This was largely due to the work of hospitals that participated in the Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) and HEN 2.0. The HRET HIIN is the largest and most diverse HIIN with over 1,600 participating hospitals, 32 state hospital associations, 6 QIN-QIOs and more who partner to improve the lives of patients and their community.