The University of Colorado Department of Medicine Systems Improvement Conference analyzes safety cases within a Just Culture lens to discover system-based issues, rather than blaming providers, for errors that occur in our hospital system. This type of analysis, called Safety...
As part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s healthcare transformation journey, this poster outlines an innovative approach to integrating virtual health services at King Fahad Specialist Hospital-Dammam (KFSH-D). Leveraging the PDSA cycle for continuous quality improvement, the project aimed to...
The clinical decision-making process for obtaining a blood culture in the pediatric population is highly variable and not standardized. Contamination and false positive results can result in unnecessary antibiotic exposure. We aimed at reducing the rate of blood cultures in...
Medical errors and harm are global phenomena and a top ten leading cause of death, accounting for over 251,000 annual U.S. deaths. The Salzburg Global Seminar statement (2019) emphasizes the analysis of real-time incident data to identify harm. Incident underreporting...
This is a quality improvement project to identify best practices for collaboration between hospitals and birth centers/midwives to decrease transfer times and improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. Interprofessional training, provider pre- and post- surveys, and a new transfer process based...
As VHA works to continuously improve its HRO assessment process, it identified opportunities to optimize the baseline version of the VHA HRO Framework, Maturity Model, and Matrix for usability across the enterprise. This improvement cycle included a literature review and...
Hand hygiene (HH) is the most effective measure for preventing hospital-associated infections. Despite this knowledge, hand hygiene adherence rates are low. Utilizing a covert observation program, HH was assessed in a rural community hospital. Initial Compliance was noted to be...
In this session, attendees will explore how business intelligence technology improves healthcare quality and patient safety by providing clinicians with the real time data needed to make informed decisions and steer optimal clinical outcomes. Our revolutionary applications and dashboard solution...
Healthcare facilities are supposed to remain in a constant state of readiness, but we all know priorities pull us in different directions. As an inevitable survey approaches, preparing for the big day becomes more important. Join an accreditation expert as...