Lessons learned at a rate of more than one per day
August 1, 2001
Lessons learned at a rate of more than one per day
Of the more than 1,300 Lessons Learned available for public perusal on the Veterans Administration web site — www.va.gov/vlc — more than 30 came in during June. (See "Virtual learning web site lead the VA to success," in this issue.)
Here’s a sampling of what users can see on the site, including the topic, the date submitted, and the facility presenting the idea:
| — | Leasing of Water Towers for Cell Phone Antennae (6/29/2001: Health Care System Hudson Valley, NY) | — | Bar Code Medication Administration Enhancement (6/14/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) |
| — | Nonprofit Community Relations to Raise Revenue (6/29/2001: Health Care System Hudson Valley, NY) |
— | Clothing For Needy Veterans (6/14/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) |
| — | Patient Safety is Measurable (06/29/2001: VAMC Bronx, NY) | — | Life Video (6/14/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) |
| — | Task Assignment Sheet Development for Food Service Workers (6/29/2001: VAMC Northport, NY) | — | Physical Move of Primary Care Teams (6/14/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) |
| — | Use of Pre-plating in Advanced Tray Delivery (6/29/2001: VAMC Northport, NY) | — | Putting a Processing Station for Sendouts in Our Phlebotomy Area. (6/14/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) |
| — | Computerized Patient Record System Quiz in Flash (6/28/2001: Health Care System Hudson Valley, NY) | — | Referral of Chronic Pain Patients to the Mental Hygiene Clinic and/or the Health Psychology Clinic (6/14/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) |
| — | High Performance Development Model Compilation (6/28/2001: Health Care System Hudson Valley, NY) | — | Simplify Request for New Medical Library Book Form #10-7149 (6/14/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) |
| — | Official Personnel Folder Database Creation for JCAHO Tracking (6/28/2001: Health Care System Hudson Valley, NY) | — | Use Of Templated Nurses Notes for Gastroenterology Procedure Instructions for Patient Preparation (6/14/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) |
| — | On Line e-Safety Training (6/28/2001: Health Care System Hudson Valley, NY) | — | Direct Delivery of Incontinent Products by Warehouse to Wards (6/13/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) |
| — | Upload to TEMPO from Hospital-based Education System (6/28/2001: Health Care System Hudson Valley, NY) | — | Instituting an Intranet Web Page to Facilitate Communication Between a Centralized Food Production Facility and its Receiving Sites (6/12/2001: VISN 03 Bronx, NY) |
| — | Use of Flash for Education Instruction (6/28/2001: Health Care System Hudson Valley, NY) | — | ICU Family Support Group — Brooklyn Campus (6/08/2001: Health Care System New York Harbor) |
| — | Standardized CBOC Operations Manual-On-line (6/26/2001: VISN 02 Albany, NY) | — | VA Western New York Healthcare System’s Leadership Listening Posts (6/08/2001: Health Care System Western New York) |
| — | Patients Monitoring Patients to Prevent Elopement (6/20/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) | — | Integration of Tai-Chi-Chuan as a Successful Modality for Health and Well-being in the Rehabilitation Setting for Both Staff and Patients (6/07/2001: VAMC Bronx, NY) |
| — | Assisted Community Transitions Improves Outcomes for Work Therapy Participants (6/18/2001: Health Care System San Diego) | — | Care of the Veteran with Dementia in the Home-Project AHEAD (6/06/2001: Health Care System New York Harbor) |
| — | Improvement Of Pharmacy Customer Waiting Time (6/18/2001: Health Care System New York Harbor) | — | Bed Control — VA New York Harbor Healthcare System — Brooklyn Campus (6/04/2001: Health Care System New York Harbor) |
| — | Furnish Medical Physicals to Increase Revenue (6/15/2001: Health Care System New Jersey) | — | VA Prosthetic Treatment Centers — Paradigm of the Future (6/04/2001: VAMC Minneapolis) |
| — | 7 Day Internal Appeal Process for Patient Complaints (6/01/2001: Health Care System Hudson Valley, NY) |