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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a good skill for every parent to learn, says Jennifer Bay, RN, BSN, the CPR coordinator for Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta.
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Quality improvement projects can be especially challenging if you try to implement them on a systemwide basis across many health care institutions, but a diabetes project in Iowa shows that it can be done if you give people the tools and let individual organizations decide how best to use them.
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A quality improvement project in Dayton, OH, achieved a 36% drop in mortality from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among a group of hospitals cooperating on the effort, and participants say it could not have been done without high-quality data collection.
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INTEGRIS Rural Health (IRH), based in Oklahoma City, has been able to cut its systemwide average length of stay by at least a day across its eight-hospital system by implementing a physician-aligned model of case management.
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Combined results from three studies conducted in 33 Michigan hospitals show its possible to improve the care provided to heart attack patients after admission by reminding physicians, nurses, and patients about proven therapies.
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A discovery that came out of a congestive heart failure (CHF) project led to a Medication Mission that is improving quality of life and reducing readmission rates for patients at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren, OH.
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A process for making follow-up calls after new moms are discharged with their babies from Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA, has helped to improve discharge instructions at the health care facility.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has released a proposed leadership standard on emergency department (ED) overcrowding.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed rule for inpatient Medicare payments for fiscal year 2004.
