“Many delivery system leaders have looked to Lean improvement methods to guide care redesign. Also known as the Toyota Production System, Lean seeks to empower frontline staff and their managers to analyze work processes, identify sources of waste, and propose… Read more
“Widespread adoption of clinical best practices has been challenging for health systems domestically and abroad. In 2001, an Institute of Medicine report noted that new, evidence-based clinical practices (such as computed tomography screening for lung cancer) can take an average… Read more
“… Worse still, despite the United States accounting for nearly 40 percent of global healthcare IT spending, our outcomes underwhelm on a global scale. Bloomberg‘s latest healthcare efficiency index ranks the United States 50th out of the 55 countries evaluated…. Read more
“Why worry about sepsis? … Increasing incidence of sepsis Significant mortality and morbidity Failure to recognise and respond Failure to manage ongoing care appropriiately Failure to see sepsis as time critical ilness” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7-ZibO45hY&feature=youtu.be) The foregoing quote from the 1st World… Read more
N.B. — This post is based on one of the continuously expanding roster of Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) a.k.a. “Challenges” as defined and described by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and published at its web site (http://patientsafetymovement.org/challenges-solutions/actionable-patient-safety-solutions-apss/). Because… Read more
N.B. — This post is based on one of the continuously expanding roster of Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) a.k.a. “Challenges” as defined and described by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and published at its web site (http://patientsafetymovement.org/challenges-solutions/actionable-patient-safety-solutions-apss/). Because… Read more
N.B. — This post is based on one of the continuously expanding roster of Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) a.k.a. “Challenges” as defined and described by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and published at its web site (http://patientsafetymovement.org/challenges-solutions/actionable-patient-safety-solutions-apss/). Because… Read more
N.B. — This post is based on one of the continuously expanding roster of Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) a.k.a. “Challenges” as defined and described by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and published at its web site (http://patientsafetymovement.org/challenges-solutions/actionable-patient-safety-solutions-apss/). Because… Read more
N.B. — This post is based on one of the continuously expanding roster of Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) a.k.a. “Challenges” as defined and described by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and published at its web site (http://patientsafetymovement.org/challenges-solutions/actionable-patient-safety-solutions-apss/). Because… Read more
N.B. — This post is based on one of the continuously expanding roster of Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) a.k.a. “Challenges” as defined and described by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and published at its web site (http://patientsafetymovement.org/challenges-solutions/actionable-patient-safety-solutions-apss/). Because… Read more