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June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
Staff combined information from three existing order sets into a single, comprehensive cardiology admission order set to reduce provider confusion and help the hospital reach regular compliance rates of 90 to 100% for evidence-based cardiac measures.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit/Story
Staff replaced the organization's standard shift-to-shift nurse report meetings with a five-minute huddle, followed by two-person, nurse-led rounds.
June 4, 2008 | Story
This provides parents and their children with uninterrupted time to sleep or spend quiet time together.
February 8, 2012 | Video/Presentation Material
A video series focusing on three diverse communities shows how this national program aims to reverse childhood obesity.
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site In order to conduct individual patient follow-ups, a call back clerk phones discharged patients to inquire about the status of their medical conditions and their satisfaction with their providers. This inform ...
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The hospital created a multidisciplinary team to develop an improved protocol for asthma patients in the emergency department (ED). The result was the addition of a dedicated respiratory therapist in the ED f ...
June 4, 2008 | Story
Staff developed a dedicated position, the Call Back Clerk, and a user-friendly database to conduct individual patient follow-up calls after discharge from the ED.
June 10, 2008 | Story
Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago empowers nurses by having them test and implement changes they think will improve patient care and enhance patient and nursing staff satisfaction.
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national initiative to prevent obesity.
December 2, 2008 | Story
Chicago, Ill. community is among 50 sites making changes in national initiative to prevent obesity.