St Charles Surgical Hospital joined the Louisiana Hospital Association Research and Education Foundation Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (LHAREF HIIN) community of over 1600 hospitals nationally, August of 2017. The LHAREF is partnered with the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Health Research and Education Trust (HRET) to provide resources focused on improving patient safety. Hospitals submit data on quality measures with significant impact on patient care for comparison and trending. St Charles Surgical fully supports the 2019 measurement goal to reduce patient harm by 20% and readmission by 12%.