Patient Safety

Telemetry Monitoring Is Critical to Good Care
  • Identifying the number of patients off telemetry monitoring for longer than 3 minutes and why
  • Huddling to discuss the severity and consequences of the problem
  • Creating reminders to check monitors, and make it part of the routine

What can your team do hardwire improvements you make into your workflow?

scarrpm Fri, 12/16/2016 - 12:58
Front-of-the-Line Pass Reduces Unneeded Tests
  • Identifying which tests oncology patients actually need
  • Creating and issuing a "golden ticket" to get patients to the front of the line
  • Fast tracking the processing of labs before seeing the doctor

What can your team do to adjust your workflow in a way that puts the patient at the center?

 

scarrpm Fri, 12/16/2016 - 11:16

A Quicker and Safer Trip, Door to Door

  • Coordinating transport times with other departments, and ensuring labs and meds are ready
  • Ordering new, wider and more accessible chairs to make it easier to move patients
  • Creating a new and dedicated transporter position to faciliate trips

What can your team do to work effectively with other teams? What else could your team do to better understand patients' needs? 

 

Team Learns "Bladder Bundle" to Protect Patient Safety
  • Using an evaluation checklist to determine whether the catheter is medically necessary and properly secured
  • Re-educating registered nurses and certified nursing assistants on catheter use and how to minimize factors that cause bladder infections
  • Encouraging physicians to refrain from administering a catheter when it wasn’t necessary and to take catheters out at the earliest opportunity

What can your team do to encourage each other to examine procedures and alter if necessary?

 

Laureen Lazarovici Mon, 10/03/2016 - 16:43
Empowered Employees Stop the Line for Safety
  • Speaking up immediately and “stopping the line” if a radiologic technologist encounters any deviation from workflow or a risk to patient safety.
  • Filling out a simple, accessible form which the UBT then uses to address the issue that arose.

What can your team do to create a culture of Speaking Up in your department? What else could your team do to ensure follow up after a safety incident?

 

Laureen Lazarovici Tue, 09/06/2016 - 16:26
Create a Surgery Wait List and Serve More Patients
  • Creating a wait list for patients who need to schedule surgeries
  • Assigning a full-time employee to manage the wait list
  • Using openings in the schedule to squeeze in emergency patients

What can your team do to improve patient satisfaction and efficiencies in your department? What else could your team do to relieve scheduling backlogs?

 

 

Laureen Lazarovici Fri, 09/02/2016 - 16:36
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