TY - JOUR
T1 - Partners advancing clinical excellence
T2 - building professional councils for quality improvement at six community hospitals.
AU - Sakowski, Julie Ann
AU - Hooper, Lynda
AU - Holton, Thomas
AU - Brody, Abraham A.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Engaging bedside clinicians, especially nurses, is essential for the success of sustainable process improvement programs and thus for improving the quality of health care. Studies have shown that properly implemented professional councils can be effective in engaging and empowering bedside clinicians to create lasting and meaningful improvements. This case study describes a 5-year program to implement and operate staff-led councils to lead evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement initiatives at 6 community hospitals. The outcomes presented in this case study demonstrate that staff-led councils have the potential to improve patient safety and quality of care as evidenced by observed reductions in ventilator-associated pneumonias, central line-associated bloodstream infections, and mortality from acute myocardial infarction and severe sepsis.
AB - Engaging bedside clinicians, especially nurses, is essential for the success of sustainable process improvement programs and thus for improving the quality of health care. Studies have shown that properly implemented professional councils can be effective in engaging and empowering bedside clinicians to create lasting and meaningful improvements. This case study describes a 5-year program to implement and operate staff-led councils to lead evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement initiatives at 6 community hospitals. The outcomes presented in this case study demonstrate that staff-led councils have the potential to improve patient safety and quality of care as evidenced by observed reductions in ventilator-associated pneumonias, central line-associated bloodstream infections, and mortality from acute myocardial infarction and severe sepsis.
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U2 - 10.1891/1078-4535.18.4.177
DO - 10.1891/1078-4535.18.4.177
M3 - Article
C2 - 23513430
AN - SCOPUS:84877100487
VL - 18
SP - 177
EP - 186
JO - Theoretical Computer Science
JF - Theoretical Computer Science
SN - 0304-3975
IS - 4
ER -