West Virginia Medical Institute

The West Virginia Medical Institute (WVMI) is a nonprofit organization that provides services designed to improve health and maximize the quality of health care nationally and regionally.  WVMI strives to help hospitals, medical centers and health care delivery programs provide the highest quality of care to consumers by improving processes and efficiency.

 WVMI operates two affiliate corporations - Quality Insights of Delaware (QID) and Quality Insights of Pennsylvania (QIP) – which serve as the federally-designated Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations for Delaware and Pennsylvania.  

 Governed by a board of directors consisting of physicians, hospital representatives and consumers, WVMI implements health care improvement projects with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, state Medicaid programs, private payers and nonprofit organizations, including the American College of Cardiology. WVMI’s projects have a positive impact on Medicare consumers in three states, U.S. military veterans, Medicaid recipients, and enrollees in private health plans.   

WVMI is currently leading efforts to promote the adoption of electronic health records and the establishment of health information networks.  The company is also collaborating with rural hospitals in West Virginia on ground-breaking patient safety efforts, recently concluding a three-year grant with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.