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August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article describes work to conduct systematic reviews of the literature, evaluate promising practices, provide technical assistance to health care organizations and disseminate their findings.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Social scientists describe what worked and why in a successful initiative to reduce central line infections in Michigan ICUs.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A review of existing research on handoffs in order to inform the improvement and standardization of the handoff process in hospitals found that in existing literature, key concepts remain poorly defined and that patient safety is not analyzed against handoffs' other functions.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A California collaborative uses the Chronic Care Model to improve education of residents and care of patients with diabetes.
February 4, 2011 | Toolkit
St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis improved door to bed, length of stay and patient satisfaction by reducing delays in ED triage and registration.
January 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
Nurses are now called to a ???Vitality Huddle??? between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. via the unit's call system. The nurses gather in the workroom near the nurses' station for 10-15 minutes to interact and focus on relationship building.
June 4, 2008 | Video/Survey/Poll
In order to improve the process, a new role was created for a resource nurse and the traditional charge nurse role was eliminated.
February 4, 2011 | Toolkit
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center expedited the care of the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) III patients by effectuating a reduction left without being seen rates and overall time to provider.
February 4, 2011 | Toolkit
Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital improved patient throughput rates by improving communication between the emergency department (ED) and the receiving inpatient units.
January 31, 2011 | Story
Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) is catalyzing change at the local level and RWJF has compiled a selection of videos, reports and other materials to highlight progress and provide Alliance members resources for training and knowledge development.