Quality and Cost Analysis of Nurse Staffing, Discharge Preparation, and Postdischarge Utilization
April 21, 2011 | Journal Article
Investments in nursing care hours reduce hospital readmissions by better preparing patients for discharge.
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A Comparative Study of 11 Local Health Department Organizational Networks
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study represented 11 local health departments (LHDs) as groups of networks employees, tasks, and knowledge were points, or nodes within each network LHDs that appear structurally distinct likely share patterns of interactions among their organizational elements.
Nursing Home Patients Fare Better with On-Staff Primary Care Providers
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Health Research in Albany, N.Y., conducted a three-year demonstration project that examined differences in cost and quality among four alternative staffing models allowed under Medicaid for delivering primary care services in nursing homes.
Rapid Response Teams to Respond to Critical Care Situations
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit/Story
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital instituted rapid response teams to "rescue" patients before a crisis occurs.
Optimizing Core Measures Performance through Concurrent Facilitation by Patient Care Analysts
June 4, 2008 | Story
Staff created new positions for quality improvement facilitators, called patient care analysts, to help providers improve their practice patterns and use of evidence-based interventions.
Improving Nurse-Physician Communication Through the SBAR Model
June 4, 2008 | Story
SBAR, which stands for Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation, is a tool used exclusively to guide staff on the best way to communicate a large amount of information in a succinct and brief way when a patient's situation is escalating.