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As a hospital case manager, you can have an important role in your hospital's efforts to prevent medication errors, which harm at least 1.5 million people every year at a conservatively estimated cost of $3.5 billion, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies.
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Wireless laptops at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City have dramatically increased the efficiency and effectiveness of the case managers, improved throughput, and enabled them to monitor patients who are readmitted frequently.
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A centralized admissions area (CAA) at Elmhurst (IL) Memorial Healthcare handles much of the workups and assessments that unit nurses typically do, minimizing treatment delays and enhancing patient throughput.
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How would you like an extra $500,000 to spend on quality projects at your organization? Its no secret which hospitals are on the receiving end of significant reimbursement, now that the long-awaited quality data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)/Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project have been released.
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Are you able to clearly explain the meaning of performance measurement data to support organizational evaluation, decision making, and operational improvement?
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During a recent JCAHO survey at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, surveyors looked for standardization of processes across the systems 11 departments and 27 clinic sites, reports Becky Jones, RN, BSN, CPHQ, director of performance improvement.
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When you gather data about surgical wound infections, are many of these infections going unrecognized because theyre not apparent until after the patient is discharged? Here are successful strategies for this data collection challenge.
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Imagine that youre the performance improvement director at a large and successful hospital. Youve just learned about a new initiative that will revolutionize patient flow. This initiative represents a significant advancement over your organizations current efforts and has a proven track record for improving communication of patient information during hand-offs between units.
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Failure to substantially eliminate the utilization of do not use abbreviations in medication orders remains at 27% one of the most frequent non-compliance findings during JCAHO surveys.
