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January 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology convened a conference to develop a research agenda on the role of health care facility design and patient safety, patient and family experiencem and nurse/staff working conditions.
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.
National Program
The TCAB program was led by the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI), and has generated significant information about the value of involving nurses and other front-line staff in the redesign of care delivery models and systems.
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.
December 18, 2011 | Story
Study suggests hospitals should pursue improved nurse education and staffing, but those investments do not significantly reduce patient mortality in the absence of a good work environment.
August 9, 2011 | Program Result Report
Transforming Care at the Bedside-New Jersey is a state specific application of the nurse-driven TCAB process of hospital improvement. This is a look at the project's progress at the halfway mark.
July 11, 2011 | Program Result Report
Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) was a national initiative to improve hospital patient care and the hospital work environment by empowering front-line nurses to implement innovative new practices on their units.
May 13, 2010 | Toolkit
Goal was to reduce errors and ensure patients receive the correct diet ordered by physicians. Satisfaction improved among nursing associates and dietary associates. Communication between the various hospital departments also improved.
November 12, 2009 | Toolkit/Video/Presentation Material
June 2008. Tom Priselac, CEO, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, speaks about the all-encompassing, team approach that has made the Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) approach successful at Cedars-Sinai. The Goal: Disseminate best practices and imple ...
November 1, 2009 | Commentary
In this Foreword, president-CEOs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement review the success of Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) and call on national health care leaders and policy-makers to heed the insights of the insights of TCAB to leverage the skill and energy of nurses to improve patient care.