Fig. 9.1 The plan-do-study-act cycle Fig. 9.2 The model for improvement, which incorporates the plan-do-study-act cycle The wide use of the PDSA cycle and the model for improvement in health…
System A (e.g. airline) System B (e.g. hospital) Feasibility of changing practice, procedures, and context of hospital to match airline The innovation Salient features currently used in System A?…
Country AEs rate/100 admissions (CI 95 %) % preventability (CI 95 %) % admissions resulting in death Egypt 6.0 (4.7–7.3) 72.5 (62.8–82.2) 1.25 Jordan 2.5 (2.0–2.9) 83.3 (75.7–90.9) 0.61 Morocco…
Fig. 44.1 This figure depicts the intersecting domains of outcomes, quality, and safety In order to better care for patients and to be successful in today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment…
1. Monitoring (e.g., ECG, capnometry, pulse oximetry, nerve monitoring) 2. Patient warming and cooling 3. Surgical drills 4. Lasers 5. MR imaging 6. Fluoroscopy 7. Fiberoptic light sources. 8. Monitoring…
(a) Unusual response or lack of response to drug administration: pounding heart, mental status changes, apnea, muscle weakness and visual disturbances (b) Extreme or unexpected increase or decrease in blood…
Programs Details Link American Society for Quality Learning Institute ASQ delivers Lean Sigma training using D-M-A-I-C methodology with integrated Lean tools and techniques http://asq.org/healthcare-use/training/overview.html STEEEP Academy (safety, timeliness, efficacy, efficiency,…
• Create and protect value • Be part of all processes • Be part of decision making • Be used to handle uncertainty • Be systematic and timely • Be based on the best data • Be…
Job title Facility type What is your biggest daily administrative challenge? OR Schedulera Academic Medical Center Predicting future busy caseload days to ramp up physician and nursing staff ahead of…
The five essential goals (5 Ps) of the microsystema 1. Purpose. What is the purpose of the clinical microsystem and how does that purpose fit within the overall vision? 2….
