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Are evidence-based guidelines being followed consistently in your organization? If not, you need to get with the guidelines, says Cindy Waller, RN, MSN, vice president of quality improvement initiatives for the southeast affiliate of the Dallas-based American Heart Association (AHA).
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When the Joint Commissions new survey process was announced in 2003, quality managers at Hilton Head (SC) Regional Medical Center were challenged by hospital leadership to take a proactive role and volunteer as a test site for the unannounced survey process to take place in 2004.
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A bottleneck is the part of the patient care journey that cannot meet the demand for services efficiently. At this point, services are delayed and patient care must wait.
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A patient readiness scoring system that arose out of the tragedy of 9/11 has served as an effective way to address throughput, as well as an emergency preparedness tool, says Dee Page, RN, director of case management for Virtua Memorial Hospital of Burlington County in Mount Holly, NJ.
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Are the terms discharge planning and case management interchangeable, or are they distinct, and is there a place for both in todays health care environment?
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When reading a New England Journal of Medicine article describing intensive monitoring of blood glucose levels for surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients on ventilators, which resulted in decreased mortality rates, James Krinsley, MD, director of critical care at Stamford (CT) Hospital, had a revelation.
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A recent Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) survey at Medical City Dallas Hospital was extremely educational, with surveyors taking extra time to educate staff, reports Rosemary Rouse, RN, BSN, the organizations survey coordinator.
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Would you like your organizations care of patients with chest pain to be something to brag about? Consider obtaining accreditation from the Columbus, OH-based Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC).
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More than 4,000 hospitals currently share data through the initiative, which assesses how often caregivers follow 10 clinical care steps proven to improve outcomes in heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia patients.
