Triage based on exacerbation severity. Tailor treatments to specific age groups. Assist patients with arranging post-ED care.
Triage based on exacerbation severity. Tailor treatments to specific age groups. Assist patients with arranging post-ED care.
Staff must have a sense of duty to patients. Policies and procedures should be developed to address issue. Prion diseases present the greatest ethical challenge.
Be sure to share the good news with your administration, so they can use it to help market the hospital. When adverse rankings appear, you have two options: Seek additional resources to improve performance, or challenge the data. Use an automated system to access "real-time" data on your department's performance, so you will always be ready to defend your ED.
Two-way communications enhance the work of both teams. Translating research findings to the bedside: a key quality goal. Research center discoveries already have spurred initiatives.
Every patient is checked for pressure ulcer development. Formal and informal education seen as critical. Despite success, wound committee continues to monitor progress.
San Juan Regional Medical Center contracted nurses to make discharge follow-up calls 24/7. Hospital identifies trends through calls. Calls escalated to hospital nurse if there are medication or clinical problems.
Representatives from two hospitals developed a systematic approach to capacity management that allows for each hospital to create variances to meet its needs. Huddles vary by hospitals. The hospitals track time frames at different points of care.
Hospitals need to look more closely at an integration of community resources and mental health resources. Extend hospital/ED discharge planning to environmental assessments. One of the most common medication problems in therapeutic duplication.