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Assessing Your Current Spread Activities for TCAB

November 12, 2009 | Toolkit/Video/Presentation Material

June 2008. Tom Priselac, CEO, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, speaks about the all-encompassing, team approach that has made the Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) approach successful at Cedars-Sinai. The Goal: Disseminate best practices and imple ...

ETU Report Form

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.

Hendrich Fall Assessment Tool

June 4, 2008 | Video/Toolkit

Staff at Seton Family of Hospitals in Texas developed a risk assessment protocol, identifying populations at risk and using prevention tools such as alerts and patient-care rounding, which has enabled the staff to consistently meet its goal of just two falls per 1,000 patient days.

Engaging Physicians in a Shared Quality Agenda

January 1, 2007 | Toolkit

Identify and engage a cadre of physicians who will serve as champions for the TCAB program and provide meaningful insights to it.

Idea Sorting & Selection

January 1, 2008 | Toolkit

Improving patient safety, reducing waste, enhancing patient-centered care and increasing staff vitality.

Principles for Tests of Change

June 4, 2008 | Toolkit

Test potential improvements to the unit's care processes that have the potential to transform care in large and small ways.

Universal Symbols in Health Care

January 1, 2006 | Toolkit

Symbols help patients with limited English find their way.

Section 5: How-To Guides

February 4, 2009 | Toolkit

How-to guides supported through TCAB, a national program of RWJF and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, offer detailed steps to implement select aspects of the program.

A Review of the IDEO Process

October 25, 2001 | Toolkit

In order to identify areas of potential transformation, hospitals conduct a "deep dive"¿an in-depth and lengthy brainstorm session¿that involves exploring methods of improving bedside care in medical surgical units. The deep dive engages frontline staff, physicians and hospital leaders in an in-depth understanding of the core work processes in medical surgical care.

Heart Failure Encounter Form

June 1, 2008 | Toolkit

An off-site, nurse-led heart failure clinic was created to help heart failure patients better control and self-manage their disease post-hospitalization.

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