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While hospitals seem to be adopting computerized physician order entry systems (CPOE) at a steady pace, it is not fast enough to satisfy one of the leading proponents of the technology the Washington, DC-based Leapfrog Group.
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The Atlanta, GA-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued updated guidelines for preventing the transmission of tuberculosis in health care settings.
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Quality professionals and the organizations that evaluate them place a great emphasis today on standards core measures, evidence-based practices, and consistent processes. A dynamic seemingly at odds with this emphasis is the fact that patients are individuals, with unique needs and desires about their care.
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A computerized sign-out system at Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx, NY, has improved physician-nurse communication and positively affected the ability of nurses to care for their patients, according to staff surveys following the implementation of the system.
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The quality of U.S. health care continued to improve in 2005, according to The 2005 National Healthcare Quality Report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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U.S. spending to treat trauma-related disorders nearly doubled between 1996 and 2003 to surpass heart disease as the leading medical expenditure by condition, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported.
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Would you like some compelling evidence to present to administrators about a chronic safety problem? Do you want a foolproof way to achieve staff buy-in when a new patient safety initiative is implemented? How about finding out what staff really think about reporting safety concerns?
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A 50% decrease in central-line infections and an increase in compliance with evidence-based practices from 30% to 95%. These are the dramatic results achieved by 10 hospitals participating in the two-year Greater Cincinnati Patient Safety ICU [Intensive Care Unit] Collaborative.
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Between 2001 and 2005, average length of stay in the ED at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago has dropped from 85 minutes to 45 minutes. Throughput has fallen from 308 minutes to 230 minutes during the same period. In addition, patient satisfaction scores (Press Ganey Associates, South Bend, IN) have increased from 74.6% to 84%.
