
Infection Prevention in Healthcare: The Most Cited Deficiency Is Also the Most Preventable
The Uncomfortable Truth About Infection Prevention Every year, millions of patients in the United States acquire infections as a result
Summit Quality & Compliance Group partners with healthcare organizations to promote High Reliability, strengthen patient safety, prevent infections, and achieve continuous survey readiness.
HRO · Patient Safety · Infection Prevention · Survey Readiness · Performance Improvement · Clinical Risk Management
We partner with healthcare organizations to build sustainable cultures of high reliability, exceptional quality of care, patient safety, and regulatory excellence.
Guiding organizations in adopting HRO principles — preoccupation with failure, sensitivity to operations, and commitment to resilience — building a sustainable zero-harm culture.
Designing and implementing quality of care frameworks that align clinical practices with national standards, accreditation requirements, and patient-centered outcomes.
Comprehensive patient safety program development — culture of safety assessments, event analysis, root cause analysis (RCA) facilitation, and safety committee support.
Evidence-based IP program assessments, policy development, NHSN surveillance setup, and targeted staff education aligned with CDC, APIC, and accreditation standards.
Building systems and habits that keep your organization survey-ready every day — not just when a survey is scheduled — through tracer methodology and environment of care reviews.
Targeted preparation for TJC, CMS, and DNV surveys — mock surveys, gap analysis, corrective action planning, and real-time coaching to ensure your teams are ready.
Data-driven improvement using PDSA, Lean, and Six Sigma methodologies — identifying gaps, designing interventions, and tracking measurable outcomes across departments.
Proactive risk identification, mitigation strategies, incident reporting optimization, and liability reduction through evidence-based clinical risk programs.
Summit QCG serves a broad range of healthcare organizations — from large hospital systems to community clinics, surgical centers, home care agencies, and government healthcare facilities.
Survey readiness, HRO culture transformation, patient safety programs, and accreditation support for community hospitals and health systems.
AAAHC and TJC accreditation readiness, infection prevention, environment of care assessments, and quality outcomes reporting for ASCs.
CMS Conditions of Participation compliance, CHAP and ACHC accreditation readiness, QAPI program development, and infection prevention for home health.
State licensing compliance, resident safety programs, infection prevention, staff training, and survey preparation for assisted living and long-term care.
Quality consulting for VA hospitals, Indian Health Service, FQHCs, DoD military treatment facilities, and CMS Quality Innovation Networks.
Performance improvement, patient safety, infection prevention, and HRSA compliance support for community health centers and ambulatory clinics.
Summit Quality & Compliance Group is a Healthcare Quality Consulting firm dedicated to helping hospitals, health systems, clinics, surgical centers, home care agencies, and government healthcare facilities achieve and sustain the highest standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.
We believe that excellence in healthcare quality is not a destination — it is a continuous journey. We walk that journey alongside your teams, building the knowledge, systems, and culture that sustain high performance long after our engagement ends.
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Summit Quality & Compliance Group is a registered government contractor available to support federal agencies, state health departments, and publicly funded healthcare organizations.
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Quality Innovation Network contracts, conditions of participation compliance
Survey readiness, infection prevention, critical access hospital support
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Whether you are preparing for a survey, building an HRO culture, or strengthening patient safety — we are here to help.
Practical guidance on high reliability, patient safety, infection prevention, survey readiness, and performance improvement — from the experts at Summit QCG.

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Whether you are launching a new patient safety initiative, preparing for an accreditation survey, building an HRO culture, or strengthening your infection prevention program — Summit QCG is ready to help.
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