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SYNERGY: The superior yield of the new Strategy of Enoxaparin, Revascularization, and Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors trial was presented by Dr. Kenneth Mahaffey and colleagues; WATCH: The Warfarin and Antiplatelet Trial in Chronic Heart failure was presented by Barry Massie, MD, from San Francisco.
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Winning physician buy-in, one of the toughest challenges in any process improvement (PI) endeavor, was the key to success in a PI project undertaken by Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD. The project, which targeted clinical PI in pneumonia, realized a reduction in average length of stay (LOS) from 5.7 days to five days between 2001 and 2003, along with significant drops in resource utilization.
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In just two short years, the Jefferson Regional Medical Center Wound Care Center in Jefferson Hills, PA, has achieved impressive net revenues and recorded a healing rate nearly twice as fast as that achieved through conventional wound care.
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When it came to streamlining the way patients, referring physicians, and other interested parties contact Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA, for various access-related services, it seems that one good idea led to another.
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After experiencing a recent pilot survey for
the new Shared Visions New Pathways Accreditation Process, staff at Wallingford, CT-based Masonic Healthcare Center gave glowing reports. There really were no surprises encountered during this survey, says Arthur E. Santilli, MS, MPH, CHE, president.
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Health care delivery has grown more sophisticated and complex in response to changing patient needs and emerging technologies.
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This is the first in a two-part series on preventing employees from harming patients intentionally. This month, we cover how to track deaths and improve communication with human resources. Next month, well give step-by-step instructions to prevent problem employees from being hired and tips for encouraging staff to share their concerns.
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Two things are certain: The Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations newly revised medication management standards will be a key area of focus during surveys, and complying with the new requirements will call for sweeping changes throughout your organization.
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If you were expecting cookie-cutter questions followed by rote responses during your next survey from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, think again. Instead, surveyors will arrive armed with detailed information that puts a spotlight on your biggest problem areas, according to accreditation experts interviewed by Hospital Peer Review.
