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TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE, 1998–1999

The Strengthening Hospital Nursing Program

Exhibit 6.2. Types of Changes Made in Strengthening Hospital Nursing Study Sites.


Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Patient Care

Service

Administrative

Human Resource


  • ICU Epicenter

  • Hometown Nurse
    Program

  • President's Quality Council

  • Personal Mastery Institutes

  • Cardiovascular Epicenter

  • CV Referral Program

  • Bedside point of care information system

  • Clinical models in nursing

  • Sister Kenney Institute Epicenter


  • Patient Care Community

    Beth Israel Hospital

    Patient Care

    Service

    Administrative

    Human Resource


  • Integrated Clinical
    Practice

  • Patient and Family Learning Center

  • Support roles for clinical staff

  • Clinical Nurse Entry Program

    District of Columbia General Hospital

    Patient Care

    Service

    Administrative

    Human Resource


  • Patient Centered Hospital Environment Collaborative Care Project Teams

  • Patient Focus Groups

  • Guest Relations







  • Hospital Staff Recognition Program

    Health Bond Consortium

    Patient Care

    Service

    Administrative

    Human Resource


  • Behavioral Services Integration of Care (ISJ)

  • Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

  • Oncology Resources Data Base Development (ISJ)

  • Maternal Child Services: Training (ISJ)

  • Primary Nursing Implementation (ISJ)

  • Displasia Program: Implementation (ISJ)

  • Education Resource Network Remote Access to ISJ Library (ISJ)

  • Culture Change/ Empowerment (ISJ)

  • Managed Care for Arthroplasty Patients (ISJ)

  • Hospice: Meeting the Needs of Families and Patients (AMN)  

  • Culture Change/ Empowerment


  • Surgical Patient Care, Inpatient and Outpatient Services (WAMH)

  • Assess Educational Needs of Regional Health Care Providers (SCTC, ISJ)

  • Family Focus Outpatient Chemical Dependency

  • Teaming Up for Better Eldercare (ISJ)

  • Cardiac Rehabilitation Implementation (AMH)

  • Culture change in Nursing (AMH)

  • Heart Health Care Notebook (ISJ)

  • Rural Health Strategic Planning Day

  • Faith Health Ministry (ISJ)

  • Tri Hospital Board and Medical Staff Visioning (Region 9 Dev. Comm., ISJ)

  • Education for Crisis Intervention and Grief Counseling (ISJ)

    Providence Portland Medical Center

    Patient Care

    Service Administrative Human Resource

  • Patient Care Delivery Redesign



    Rural Connection Consortium


    Patient Care


    Service

    Administrative

    Human Resource

  • Pre-hospital cardiac pathways

  • Organizational restructuring

  • Nurse exchanges

  • Patient Care Redesign

  • Shared governance councils

    University Hospitals of Cleveland

    Patient Care

    Service Administrative Human Resource

  • Collaborative care--critical pathways

  • Patient Education Center


  • Leadership Institute

  • Care Manager






  • Emergency Department Redesign





  • Women’s Health Center Design



  • Labor and Delivery Redesign



  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Redesign



  • Breast Center



    University of Utah Health Science Center

    Patient Care

    Service Administrative Human Resource

  • STARS

  • U Choose

  • Multi-
    disciplinary Apprentice Program



  • First Impressions

    Vanderbilt University Hospital

    Patient Care

    Service Administrative Human Resource

  • Orthopedics Unit Redesign

  • Pediatric Round Wing Redesign

  • Radiology Project

  • Support for Mission

  • Myelo-
    suppression Unit Redesign

  • Case Management/ Collaborative Care

  • Collaborative Organization Design

  • Center for Patient Care Innovation

  • Perinatal Project: MOM

  • Project Evaluation

  • Facilitative Leadership and CQI Courses

  • Cardiology Service Project

  • Integrated Advanced Medical Informatics System/IAMS Grant

  • Patient Care Centers

  • Shared Governance System

  • The Vanderbilt Clinic

    Note: The acronym in parenthesis represents the name of a particular organizational member within a consortium in which the organizational change was implemented. ISJ = Immanuel–St. Joseph’s Hospital; AMH = Arlington Municipal Hospital; WAMH = Waseca Area Memorial Hospital; SCTC = South Central Technical College.

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    Increasing Access to Care - The Strengthening Hosptial Nursing Program - Exhibit6.2