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MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
An
Update on the External Advisory Council and Other
Initiatives
Cathy Munn describes recent visits with External Advisory Council
(EAC) members, one of whom says that NAHQ’s frontline professionals
are vital to implementing tools to improve quality. Munn also
presents other quality initiatives by South Dakota hospitals and
the NAHQ board.
QUALITY COLLABORATIVE
NQF
Endorses Six New Practices for Laboratory
Medicine
To improve the safety of laboratory medicine, the National Quality
Forum (NQF) has endorsed six preferred practices for measuring and
reporting patient safety and communication in laboratory
medicine.
HHS Secretary Sebelius Highlights AHRQ Reports
In a recent speech to the United Nurses of America, Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
discussed two new AHRQ reports on the quality of and disparities in
healthcare in America and challenged nurses to work to reduce
healthcare-associated infections.
Joint Commission Q&A
This month’s submitted question: How well are hospitals complying
with medication reconciliation requirements? (Have a question for
the Joint Commission? Send it to e-news@nahq.org.)
ASSOCIATION NEWS
A
Letter from the Stand for Quality Steering
Committee
Two Grant Opportunities Await You!
Deep in the Heart of Quality,
Texas-Style
Tell a Colleague About NAHQ and Enjoy the
Benefits
Virtual Reception Gets Positive Reception from
Members
National Priorities Partnership Releases First
Newsletter
CSC Report Emphasizes Electronic
Reporting
Deadline for NAHQ Award Nominations: June
24
SPOTLIGHT
The
ABCs of Effective Quality Improvement
Andrea Andrews, RN CHCQM, and Anthony Valente, MD, discuss the
successful Accelerating Best Care (ABC) quality improvement process
at Hazleton General Hospital in Hazleton, PA, and explain how its
rapid-cycle intervention methodology works to improve patient
outcomes.
Decreasing Sepsis Mortality at an Academic Medical
Center
William Greene, MD, and Christine McMullan, MPA, explain how Stony
Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook, NY—in conjunction with
the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Surviving Sepsis
Campaign of the Society for Critical Care Medicine—reduces sepsis
mortality.
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Interest
in IHI Open School for Health Professions Soars
Read how the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Open
School for Health Professions successfully teaches patient safety
and quality improvement skills to the next generation of healthcare
professionals.
INDUSTRY TRENDS
The
Impact of Workplace Culture on Healthcare
Quality
George Makris of Success Profiles says that by paying more
attention to the elusive matter of improving workplace culture,
hospitals and healthcare organizations can increase net operating
margins up to 4%—and improve patient satisfaction.
SIG TRENDS
Advancing
Excellence in Nursing Homes
Jeanenne F. Clark, MSN MPH RN, NAHQ’s Long-Term Care SIG
facilitator, describes Advancing Excellence, a national campaign to
provide high-quality care to nursing home residents.
STATE NEWS
News
from California, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and Tennessee
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