The CPR Quality Improvement Initiative study
The role of chief executive officers in a quality improvement initiative: a qualitative study
... MONITORING Monitoring the progress of the initiative was a frequently reported activity. The CEOs monitored progress by reviewing SPI outcome measures, reading reports, checking information and asking for ...
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Wisconsin\u27s Quality Improvement Initiative for Childcare Programs: A Case Study
... research study owned and operated a private childcare center situated in a rural ...research study, the administrator had decided to rate at the three-star level when the date for the center’s annual review ...
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Development of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Screen for Postpartum Depression
... the study during the first ...high quality information offered by professional, public, private organizations, or government agencies, with documentation of a systematic literature search strategy, along ...
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Evaluation of the physician quality improvement initiative: the expected and unexpected opportunities
... this study, department chiefs indicated they were able to identify best clinical practices and evidence-practice ...led quality improvement programs which can be shared more widely ...
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The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
... In addition to these four, there may be other important markers for administration and staff members to consider. (Figure 2) Reduction of survey tags and lawsuits related to falls and injuries is desirable and a ...
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Thromboprophylaxis in a Pediatric Hospital: A Patient-Safety and Quality-Improvement Initiative
... cohort study that was de- scribed previously, 7 literature review of adult recommendations for throm- boprophylaxis, 1,8 and consensus opin- ion of physicians at our institution in the pediatric specialties ...
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A quality improvement initiative on the management of osteoporosis in older people with Parkinsonism
... Our study has numerous ...the quality improvement team within the health board, and a team is working to spread monthly MDMs to other clinics within the ...
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A Quality Improvement Initiative: Improving the Frequency of Inpatient Electronic Prescribing
... the study was the large number of prescriptions ...this study suggests that our QI project was responsible for the increase in PHM e-prescribing, rather than other institutional or environmental ...
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Inefficiency in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative
... equipment search, nurs* work interruption, nurs* inefficien* equipment, nurs* efficien* equipment, nurs* AND time AND motion. Many of the searches produced duplicate records. Articles were selected for review based on ...
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Quality-Improvement Initiative Sustains Improvement in Pediatric Health Care Worker Hand Hygiene
... Our study had several ...this study was performed in the inpatient setting of a large ter- tiary children’s hospital and may not be representative of other settings, the variation in hand-hygiene prac- ...
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Student evaluations of a year-long mentorship program: A quality improvement initiative
... The mentorship program involved final year nursing students being mentored by experienced registered nurses at the hospital to provide clinical practice and professional support during their last two semesters of ...
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Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Quality-Improvement Initiative
... As a retrospective study, it is subject to misclassi fication bias. Although the comprehensive nature of CAUTI surveil- lance performed at our hospital likely minimized this bias, others have noted that there can ...
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Adolescent Depression Screening in Primary Care
... QI initiative identified WCC attendance as a key barrier to annual adolescent ...this initiative will be connecting with teens who have not had a WCC within the last year and schedule a visit and a possible ...
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Aspirating Patients
... pulmonary outcomes. We have shown in this study and previous ones, that patients who have undergone gastrostomy tube placement may present to the ED more often for gastrostomy-related complications. 12 These data ...
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Dialogue Proceedings / Launching the Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative. November 2014
... improve quality of care in the United States, malnutrition is an area that has largely remained unaddressed by national programs and initiatives, despite its notable negative impact on patient outcomes and costs ...
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Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce the Necrotizing Enterocolitis Rate in Premature Infants
... This study used a time-series, quasi- experimental ...nurseries. Study subjects were identified by QI staff and monitored for the diagnosis of NEC, NEC-related surgery, mortality, and compliance with ...
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A Quality-Improvement Initiative to Reduce NICU Transfers for Neonates at Risk for Hypoglycemia
... in the reduction of NICU transfer (Fig 2), most likely representing the cumulative effects of culture change over the initial 18 weeks of the intervention and signifying an overall improvement in adherence to the ...
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Hospitalizations for Low-risk Diabetic Ketoacidosis
... QI initiative, the median isotonic fl uid bolus volume increased signi fi cantly in the postimplementation period, suggesting adherence to our EBG and adoption of this practice among ED ...
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Aspirating Patients
... pulmonary outcomes. We have shown in this study and previous ones, that patients who have undergone gastrostomy tube placement may present to the ED more often for gastrostomy-related complications. 12 These data ...
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Best Fed Beginnings: A Nationwide Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Breastfeeding
... data Analysis Per the QI model, data reporting and analysis were for the purpose of improvement and not for accountability or research. 20 The data reported were used to help understand processes, evaluate the ...
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