Practice Change and Culture Change in Implementing Geriatric Care Initiatives
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Recommendations from nurse managers on how to make lasting practice change.
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A Proclamation for Change
June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article captures the creation and impact of the Proclamation of Change, highlighting how three programs came together synergistically to change care in hospitals and outpatient setting.
Sample Aim Statement and Worksheet for Developing a Spread Aim
November 12, 2009 | Toolkit
Improving quality care helps to ensure that innovations are sustained and enables all units to benefit from tested and proven changes.
Transforming Hospital Culture
December 16, 2008 | Program Result
In the early 2000s, hospitals began taking steps to improve their organizational culture. They aimed to address several challenges, including patient dissatisfaction, nursing shortages and poor financial performance.
Evidence-Based Hospital Design Can Reduce Stress and Improve Outcomes for Patients and Caregivers
December 4, 2009 | Program Result
The Center for Health Design and the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture developed an Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification program, to accredit design professionals who use evidence-based design for new hospitals.
Idea Sorting & Selection Matrix
January 1, 2008 | Toolkit
Hospitals must determine areas of focus.
Hospitals that Care Use Nurse Preceptors and a "Culture of Fairness" to Improve Nursing Care
July 1, 2009 | Program Result
Investigators at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill surveyed nurses to find out which co-workers they consulted when confronted with complex treatment situations, including those involving error.
California Study Shows Nurse/Patient Ratios May Not Significantly Impact Outcomes for Patients
November 1, 2006 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Maryland studied the impact of nursing staff levels on patient outcomes in California hospitals for the period 1996 and 2000.
TCAB Measures Grid
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
A multifaceted approach rooted in four themes (Patient-Centered Care; Care Team Vitality; Reduction of Waste; Safety and Reliability) lends itself to participating hospitals developing a set of measures to gauge progress.
Labor-Management Relations Affect Hospital Competitiveness, Financial Performance and Quality of Care
May 1, 1999 | Program Result
From 1995 to 1998, researchers from the Economic Policy Institute assessed the impact of labor-management cooperation and new employment and human resource practices on hospital performance, processes and outcomes.