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The three consumers who sit on the material review panel at the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority in Richmond, British Columbia, are given a set of guidelines that helps them determine if the piece is written clearly. However, most of their skills are developed as they serve on the panel.
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Many people would benefit from counseling, but often they do not know when counseling is appropriate, how to find a suitable counselor, or the benefits of working with a trained professional.
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A multimodal education program to teach nursing and respiratory therapy staffs about improved techniques has led to a significant reduction in the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
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The national network of Medicare quality improvement organizations (QIOs) has done more than merely support a new initiative by several national organizations to improve critical care; it is in the process of going beyond the basic scope outlined in the initiative.
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Award recognition programs are another strategy being used locally to spur quality improvement among health care facilities that contract with Medicare.
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If overall performance in all acute-care U.S. hospitals were the same as the nations top hospitals, close to 57,000 more patients could survive each year and nearly $9.5 billion in annual expenses could be saved, according to a study by Evanston, IL-based Solucient.
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A series of fact sheets distributed and posted prominently reinforced staff awareness of proper procedures for minimizing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
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Its as old as humankind itself, yet when recast through modern technology, storytelling is becoming one of the newest and most effective techniques for engendering cultural change and facilitating performance improvement in health care.
