New health care law emphasizes quality, safety, and efficiency. Pay-for-performance emphasis requires attention of quality managers. Many quality provisions will not kick in for several years.
New health care law emphasizes quality, safety, and efficiency. Pay-for-performance emphasis requires attention of quality managers. Many quality provisions will not kick in for several years.
Several departments are made part of the process. Regular audits are conducted and system errors addressed. Staffs receive regular communication on their performance.
Recent studies show more discharge planning is needed for coronary and congestive heart failure patients. There is often a lag between when new evidence leads to guidelines outlining an optimal treatment and the implementation of that treatment. Clinicians should give patients an ACE inhibitor to start.
Missing information, need for additional test can be cause for "returns." Another set of eyes' helps minimize errors in reports. Multidisciplinary team designed the PI interventions.
The more similar departments are, the clearer the communication. There can be such a thing as "too much information" in a handoff. Processes should be outlined by an interdisciplinary team.
Mininizing urinary catheter use is the focus of the efforts. CDC guidelines recommend establishing nurse-directed protocols. CMS guidelines put money at stake for reducing CA-UTIs.