Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety / Joint Commission Resources
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Mercy & Unity Hospitals of Minnesota implemented the ventilator bundle concept as part of an Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) collaborative on improving care in the intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ The decrease in VAP provides a promising example of the potential of intervention techniques and bundle implementation in a community hospital.
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Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf · Apr 2007
Providing timely access to care: what is the right patient panel size?
Delays for appointments are prevalent, resulting in patient dissatisfaction, higher costs, and possible adverse clinical consequences. A "just-in-time" approach to patient scheduling, called advanced access, has been effective in reducing delays in multiple clinical settings. Offering most patients appointments on the same day requires achieving an appropriate balance between supply of and demand for appointments, but no methods have been previously proposed to determine what this balance should be. ⋯ The simple probability model can be used to improve the timeliness of care while considering the constraints on physicians' working hours.