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The Surgical Safety Huddle: A Novel Quality Improvement Patient Safety Initiative

Patient Safety

Quality improvement tools were used to generate regular dialogue with the clinical teams, resulting in the concept of the surgical safety huddle being proposed. Deteriorating patients were highlighted at the daily huddle and a plan of early intervention was implemented.

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Quality Improvement: Eliminating the Silo Effect in Healthcare Organizations

HIT Consultant

Without all of the teams involved in clinical care working as one team to quickly identify problems, find evidence-based practices, run tests of change, study results, and identify and disseminate improvements, progress will be spotty at best. Eliminating the silo effect.

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Graphium Health Acquires ABG, Boosting Patient Safety and Efficiency

HIT Consultant

This strategic acquisition signifies Graphium Health’s unwavering commitment to improving patient safety and practice efficiency through innovative data management tools. This enhanced platform will offer: Quality Improvement (QI) and OPPE reports: Empowering providers to track progress and meet Joint Commission standards.

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#JHMChat: Handling Patient Safety Events With a Focus on Just Culture, Not Prosecution

Hospital Medicine

Over 20 years after the landmark National Academy of Medicine (NAM) report To Err is Human and over a decade after Peter Pronovost catapulted the scientific approach to patient safety, [.].

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How to Write a Quality Improvement Project

Patient Safety

It is not uncommon for those involved in hospital- or healthcare organization–based quality improvement (QI) initiatives to implement a robust QI project, present the results within the organization, celebrate wins, and quickly move on to the next project that demands attention. The following framework is based on the SQUIRE 2.0

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Improving Communication From Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility Through Standardized Hand-Off: A Quality Improvement Project

Patient Safety

Methods: Lewin’s change management theory (CMT) guided this quality improvement (QI) project. Baseline assessment included a one-month chart review of 76 patient charts that was conducted to assess the disparities related to ineffective hand-off and medication delays in the SNF before intervention.

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The importance of incident reporting in nursing

Patient Safety Blog

The purpose of an incident report in nursing is multifaceted and crucial for both patient safety and quality improvement as well as legal documentation. What is the purpose of an incident report in nursing? In this article we’ll tell you all about incident reporting in nursing.

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