Care Coordination - 6 views
It was interesting in this study that there were not statistical improvements between the two units, specifically pointing to lower costs of care and and quality outcomes. Also telling was the last...
Wall Street Journal Article: Healthcare.Gov's Flaws Found, Fixes Eyed; Site's Design O... - 3 views
I love this comment from the article: "If you put a critical pathway at the front of the experience, you're going to logjam everything," It so validates much of what we run into in complex systems....
Journal of Nursing Administration Article: Managing Organizational Complexity: It's A... - 3 views
This was a very interesting article using the short/long flow of biological systems. The most alarming fact to me was the concurrence that branching patterns of nurse's workflow is increasing (shor...
Journal of Nursing Administration Article: Advancing the Evolution of Healthcare: Infor... - 2 views
After reading this article, I do agree this is the utopia in which we would all like to exist; however, until we can place these system interfaces together, then even the models the author cites ca...
Wall Street Journal Article: May Take: Chasing the Vision of Safe, High -Quality, Effec... - 3 views
For our informatics folks, this is a great "so what" article. Improving analytics and giving one a synopsis of care is truly meaningful, however from the clinical improvement perspective, perhaps w...
Shaping Humane Healthcare Systems - 2 views
The author does offer a common sense approach, and sadly to see this article was written 7 years ago reflects what little progress we have made in flattening hierarchies and including patients in...
Values Based Decison Making: A Tool for Achieving the Goals of Healthcare - 3 views
This values based decision making approach has been used successfully in businesses such as the Ritz Carlton to empower employees based on the values of the organization. I often wonder why it take...
Leadership class: Article on how to create culture for improved patient safety - 3 views
Interesting article that also confirmed the root cause analysis of poor leadership and communication failures were consistently among the key factors leading to adverse events. To me personally th...
Reinventing the Academic Health Center - 1 views
Kirch, D.G., Grigsby, K., Zolko, W.W., Moskowitz, J., Hefner, D.S., Souba, W.W., Carubia,J.M., &Baron, S.D., (2005) Reinventing the academic health center. Academic Medicine, 80, 980-989 The autho...
Use of Triple Aim to Improve Population Health - 2 views
Levine, J.F., Herbert, B., Mathews, J., Serra, A., & Rutledge, V., (electronically published 2011, September 25) Use of triple aim to improve population health. NCMEDICALJOURNAL.COM 72, 201-204 The...
Exploring the Organizational Cultur of Exemplary Community Health Center Practices - 2 views
Craigei, F.C., & Hobbs, R.F., (2004) Exploring the organizational culture of exemplary community health center practices. Family Medicine, 36, 733-738 This article is a follow up piece to a 1999 ...
Evidence based tool for Triage - 9 views
Erin, sorry I changed your post. Still learning!
The impact of ed nurse manager leadership style on staff nurse turnover and patient sat... - 4 views
Raup. (2008). The impact of ed nurse manager leadership style on staff nurse turnover and patient satisfaction in academic health center hospitals. Journal of emergency nursing, 34(5), 403-409.
Evaluating Dedicated Education Units for Clinical Education Quality - 3 views
Mulready-Shick, J., Flanagan, K. M., Banister, G. E., Mylott, L., & Curtin, L. J. (2013). Evaluating dedicated education units for clinical education quality. J Nurs Educ, 52(11), 606-614. doi: 10....
Care in Multi-Bed Room - 3 views
Advantages and disadvantages for patients in a multi-bed room, from the viewpoint of nurses and patients. Persson, E. and Maata, S. (2012). To provide care and be cared for in a multiple-bed hospi...
Patient Safety and ED Census - 4 views
A retrospective study that finds the number of patients simultaneously present in an ED is a moderate predictor of unsafe waiting times. The authors conclude that it would be beneficial to look for...
Nursing students and learning - 7 views
An article discussing results of a questionnaire given to nursing students regarding learning styles. Hallin, K. (2014). Nursing students at a university - A study about learning style prefe...
Knowledge flow and exchange in interdisciplinary primary health care teams (PHCTs): an ... - 8 views
As we are about collaboration and research, the above article takes it to a practical level. Are we truly integrating evidence based practice and continually sharing our knowledge in primary care? ...
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