The Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) Toolkit

Published: Jun 04, 2008

Ten hospitals participated in phase III of the Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) program to create and pilot test new concepts, develop exemplary care models on medical/surgical units and demonstrate institutional commitment and resources to support and sustain these innovations. TCAB is not a traditional quality improvement program; one primary characteristic that sets it apart is its focus on engaging frontline staff and unit managers. Ideas for transforming the way care is delivered on medical/surgical units come not from the executive suite or a quality improvement department, but from the nurses and other care team members who spend the most time with patients and their families.


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Listed below are 10 of the grants that supported this project, totaling $883,043.

Grant Awarded to Amount
Transforming Care at the Bedside UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (Pittsburgh, PA)
ID#: 57975
Sandra L. Rader, R.N., M.S.A.
412-623-2250
raders@upmc.edu
Actual award: $90,000
September 2006 to August 2009
Transforming Care at the Bedside James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (Tampa, FL)
ID#: 57968
Actual award: $89,287
August 2006 to August 2008
This grant has ended.
Transforming Care at the Bedside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA)
ID#: 57966
Approved award: $90,078
Actual award: $89,888
September 2006 to August 2008
This grant has ended.
Transforming Care at the Bedside University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
ID#: 57971

http://www.mdanderson.org/
Approved award: $90,000
Actual award: $89,860
August 2006 to November 2008
This grant has ended.
Transforming Care at the Bedside ThedaCare Inc. (Appleton, WI)
ID#: 57974

http://www.thedacare.org
Actual award: $90,000
September 2006 to August 2008
This grant has ended.
Transforming Care at the Bedside Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc. (Watertown, SD)
ID#: 57972
Approved award: $90,000
Actual award: $81,000
September 2006 to August 2008
This grant has ended.

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RWJF may have supported this project with other grants that are not listed.

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A Special Supplement to the American Journal of Nursing on Transforming Care at the Bedside: Paving the Way for Change

By:
Lavizzo-Mourey R and Berwick DM

Publication date:
November 2009

Summary:
In this Foreword, president-CEOs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement review the success of Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) and call on national health care leaders and policy-makers to heed the insights of...

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Calling a Condition H(elp)

By:
Greenhouse PK, Kuzminsky B, Martin SC and Merryman T

Publication date:
August 19, 2008

Summary:
This article describes efforts by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Shadyside Hospital to partner with patients and families in making decisions about patient care.

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Transforming Care at the Bedside: An Ambulatory Model for Improving the Patient Experience

By:
Lorenz HL, Greenhouse PK, Miller R, Wisniewski MK and Frank SL

Publication date:
April 2008

Summary:
A program called Transforming Care at the Bedside is adapted for implementation in an ambulatory setting with considerable success. Many of the initiatives introduced made a significant difference to patient satisfaction and patient experience at this cancer...

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Transforming Care at the Bedside: Patient-Controlled Liberalized Diet

By:
Scott-Smith JL and Greenhouse PK

Publication date:
August 14, 2008

Summary:
This article shows positive results from a program in Pittsburgh to initiate a patient-centered food service in a hospital setting that takes into account the perspectives of a multidisciplinary team including the patient and a nutritionist.

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The Relationship Between the Volume and Type of Transforming Care at the Bedside Innovations and Changes in Nurse Vitality

By:
Upenieks VV, Needleman J, Soban L, Pearson ML, Parkerton P and Yee T

Publication date:
September 25, 2008

Summary:
A study of innovations tested in medical-surgical units indicated that nurse vitality increased when nurses and staff were involved in testing and implementing innovations. Change in the workforce environment can be facilitated using a bottom-up approach.

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Spreading Innovations in Health Care

By:
Pearson ML, Upenieks V, Yee T and Needleman J

Publication date:
November 2008

Summary:
Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) is a multiphase, national initiative to improve the work environment on hospital medical-surgical units, and thereby increase the quality of patient care and nurse engagement. This brief discusses the successful...

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Tools for Transforming Care at the Bedside

Publication date:
2008

Summary:
This 14-page primer is a practical guide for nurses and other front-line health care staff to follow to apply the principles of Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) in order to redesign work processes and improve patient care at their...

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RWJF Launches Transforming Care at the Bedside Virtual Resource Center

Publication date:
June 10, 2008

Summary:
Ten innovative hospitals* graduated from the Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) pilot program on May 13 after five years of engaging frontline nurses to improve the quality and safety of patient care on medical and surgical units...

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