Managing ICU Throughput and Understanding ICU Census
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study presents an alternative approach to increased demand for intensive care unit beds.
Intensive Care
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Regionalization of Critical Care Medicine Could Achieve Better Outcomes at Reduced Costs
April 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
IHC Care, an integrated, multi-hospital, nonprofit health care system in Utah, examined the delivery of critical care medicine in a multi-hospital system and developed analytic models to determine the potential impact of regionalization.
The Earlier the Longer
November 12, 2012 | Journal Article
Intensive care units should take a rigorous and nuanced approach to planning patient handoffs to improve patient safety and quality of care.
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.
SPEACS-2
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Bedside ICU nurses have an important role in helping nonspeaking patients communicate.
Intensive Labor
July 20, 2009 | Journal Article
In a study of 104 hospital NICUs, researchers define the problems that arise from inadequate support for nurses in the NICU and make recommendations to hospital CEO.
More Nurses, Better Patient Outcomes
September 1, 2001 | Journal Article
Why Isn't it Obvious?
Developing a Research and Education Agenda to Improve End-of-Life Care in Intensive Care Units
May 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
With $107,906 from the Special Opportunities Fund of from RWJF's Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care national program, researchers from the University of Washington organized and convened a workshop.
Introducing Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Services in Seven Intensive Care Units
May 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
The University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle created an intervention designed to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Experts Propose 18 Quality Measures to Improve Care of the Dying in ICUs
June 12, 2008 | Program Result Report
Members of the RWJF Critical Care End-of-Life Peer Workgroup conducted a series of five studies to develop ways to optimize care of patients dying in intensive care units (ICUs).