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Shifting to bedside
Improve patient centered care and accurate reproting by implementing bedside shift report on the Rehabilitation Unit (RU) at Blessing Hospital (BH) using a new computerized based parameter.
Reducing polypharmacy by improving the geriatric evaluation by utilizing the virtual video connect
The issue of polypharmacy in the geriatric population requires continual monitoring to reduce adverse patient outcomes, such as falls, drug interactions, and mortality. Over the years, several resources have been used to ...
NPO guidelines
In presurgical patients undergoing anesthesia, how does the implementation of specific NPO time guidelines, compared to current “NPO after midnight” orders, affect the patient’s satisfaction and risk of ...
Hourly rounding quality improvement initiative
Purposeful hourly rounding has been termed the best practice intervention to meet patients' basic needs, decrease the overall occurrence of preventable patient events, proactively prevent problems before they occur. Hourly ...
Improving transitional care in rural health using a standardized discharge time-out process
Problem: The process for transitioning patients from hospital to home is complex and fraught with opportunity for error. Increasingly, hospitals are tasked with regulatory, safety, and public expectation burdens to ensure ...
Sleep Enhancement
The purpose of this project is to increase the number of hospitalized adult patients who get sufficient sleep.
Improving nurse-patient communication to impact patient satisfaction
Poor communication among nurses and patients has been confirmed by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys. Often, patients feel left out of decisions and information related ...
Improving patient satisfaction in the medical-surgical setting
Practice Problem: Patients’ experiences at hospitals are multidimensional, and their satisfaction with the service is linked to the quality of patient care provided. In evaluating the quality of care of a hospital, the ...
Utilization of evidence-based telehealth for routine follow-up visits in a VA outpatient clinic
Telehealth is a growing alternate/adjunctive setting for health care delivery and with its rapid growth it is important to make sure telehealth is not only convenient but is meeting the needs of the patients. The question ...
Incorporating hourly rounding to increase emergency department patient satisfaction
Poster presentationSession H presented Tuesday, October 1, 2:30-3:30 pmPurpose: Within our healthcare system, our hospital was ranked number 17 out of 35 in patient satisfaction scores. In an effort to meet patient ...