The KHA Annual Quality Conference will be held March 17-19, 2025, at the Marriott Lexington Griffin Gate Golf Resort & Spa in Lexington. There is a NEW process by which member hospitals may apply to share poster abstracts at the Quality Conference. In years past, the KHA Quality team received overwhelming feedback from attendees requesting more dedicated time for learning about the incredible quality improvement, patient safety, and leadership projects and successes that poster presenters share. In the interest of meeting this request, KHA is transitioning poster-sharing sessions to LIVE presentations of posters selected from all applicants who submit posters for consideration.
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Posters may be submitted by KHA member hospitals for any of the following five Quality categories:
- Infection Prevention/Sepsis
- Social Drivers of Health/Population Health/Health Equity/Readmissions
- Patient Safety/Safety Culture
- Quality Leadership/Strategic Development/AI
- Mental Health/Substance Use/Suicide Prevention
Posters will be scored using a standard scoring matrix (which may be viewed on the application website linked below).
- The four posters with the highest scores from each category will be presented live on stage by the submitting hospital team. Fifteen-minute slots will be allotted for each presentation.
- Poster presenters will also receive designated times during the evening receptions to display physical copies of their posters and have discussions with attendees. Easels will be provided.
- Judges will then select the single best poster submission from each category to be granted the 2025 KHA Best Poster Award for that category.
- All poster submissions that are not selected for live presentation at the Conference will be asked to share their project in a special KHA Quality Webinar series that will begin following the conclusion of the Quality Conference.
All poster presenters selected for live presentation are encouraged to provide an abstract or handout for distribution to attendees. Poster presenters must also register and submit payment if they attend the conference. The deadline for application is end of business on Friday, January 31, 2025.
For any questions, please contact Casey Franklin at KHA (cfranklin@kyha.com or 270-579-2974).
KHA thanks you for your application and looks forward to learning about your Quality projects and celebrating the great work Kentucky hospitals are doing to improve care for their patients and communities!
