Safety Improvement Plan (Annotated Bibliography Sample)

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Improvement Plan Tool Kit
Improving the quality of care and patient safety practices can help to strengthen health-care delivery systems, boost health-care sector performance, and help to meet health-related Sustainable Development Goals faster. Although government agendas for health policy now include quality improvement, Healthcare organizations that want to improve care, cut costs, and improve the patient experience face numerous obstacles, comprising the need to coordinate changes at multiple levels of the organization. Nonetheless, with proper equipment, expertise, and workmates, the process of identifying, selecting, and executing such changes could be improved.
Alizadeh Sharafi, R., Ghahramanian, A., Sheikhalipour, Z., Ghafourifard, M., & Ghasempour, M. (2020). Improving the safety and quality of the intra‐hospital transport of critically ill patients. Nursing in Critical Care. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12527
The article presented the processes and outcomes for mechanically ventilated patients who underwent CT or MRI in this study in this report. It gives an analysis of regular team-assisted training could be done. Also, provides results of a research on effective and safe health care provision. Strength of this initiative was the use of HFMEA techniques with a reminder-assisted technique as the primary change. An application of HFMEA in the ventilated ICU may identify and prioritizes risks that could compromise the patient's safety; briefings may significantly reduce the number of adverse events. Make-a-someone-remember the article provides optimum results in processes and measures, so we recommend the implementation of similar processes and brief and outcomes. It's necessary to look into the burden on workers and help given to patients to increase our understanding. Further the article demonstrates continual safety depends on the efficiency of the practice the usage of alerts may increase the chances of long-based process compliance. More development of electronic reminders for the staff to use will be considered. Additionally, we hope to increase patient safety at all levels of our organization.
Cordella, N., Trinquart, L., Hochberg, S., Jacobson, B. C., & Mishuris, R. G. (2018). Effect of a Hospital wide quality improvement initiative to promote high-value care. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 44(10), 623-625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.07.001
The article focuses on a physician-led initiative that represents a significant step in ascertaining and reducing risks in contaminations within healthcare facilities. The authors also emphasize the vast variance in the methodologies used to create the campaign's lists. While not all of the items listed are likely to dramatically reduce use of low-value treatment, they provide a strong starting point for a discussion about excessive care and policy measures to curtail it. Health care delivery systems that are focusing on patient experience face difficult issues due to changes at different levels and various sectors. But implementing, observing, and implementing those changes are not necessarily overly demanding. Many organizations can utilize the time-tested principles and approaches that are common to those involved in clinical quality improvement (QI). This article demonstrates how to use the concept of "microsystems" to measure patient responsibility, discusses a few quality improvement models, and introduces a few concepts of microsystems and their tools. If a quality intervention succeeds in the microsystem, it can be extended to other systems or macroscopics. Successful scaling requires organization-specific measures, however, which should be applied in a holistic manner.
Davis, A. M., Kader, K. L., Pandya, M. A., Maixner, M. A., Davis, J. K., Hernandez, J. R., Krawacki, A. C., Barnett, A. H., James, J., & Smith, K. G. (2020). Improving care of pediatric behavioral health patients and employee safety through quality collaborative participation. Pediatric Quality & Safety, 5(Supplement 2), e286. https://doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000286
The peer-reviewed article elaborates on improving care of pediatric interactive health patients and worker safety through quality collaborative participation. It shows how teamwork is essential for care, and is therefore prominent in healthcare organizations. The article directed a methodical survey to give an outline of interventions to improve group adequacy. This survey showed a wide assortment of group interventions regarding intercession type, group type, healthcare setting type, and proof quality. The deliberate audit showing that reproduction based group preparing is a viable method to prepare a particular sort of group in overseeing emergency situations and can possibly improve group execution. The article gives a meta-examination that CRM preparing influences information and conduct in intense consideration settings. Notwithstanding the above audits, twelve extra writing surveys could be referenced, zeroing in the connection between group intercessions and group execution. In outline, broad experimental proof shows that group execution can be improved through different group intercessions..
Destino, L. A., Dixit, A., Pantaleoni, J. L., Wood, M. S., Pageler, N. M., Kim, J., & Platchek, T. S. (2017). Improving communication with primary care physicians at the time of hospital discharge. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 43(2), 80-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2016.11.005
The article explains on improving communication with health care professionals at the time of hospital discharge. Poor quality discharge outlines have been shown repeatedly to add to higher adverse results in tolerant consideration after release and re-hospitalization. The article shows key components of a decent release rundown incorporate distinguishing uncertain release clinical issues, results requiring follow-up, and presence of an exact release medicine list. Episodically, there seems, by all accounts, to be minimal proper educating on release outlines in most clinical school educational programs, yet a new report has shown that basic, organized encouraging meetings can prompt improved release rundowns and essential consideration correspondence. Relationship relationships with PCPs are also discussed because they impact other referral sources even more importantly, good communication between referring providers and patients may reduce harm. Unlike previous models, future models may stimulate overall care for a given patient rather than encouraging multiple episodes of treatment. Several states are developing accountable organization-type Medicaid programs at the time of care, and many are getting ready to go with medical home medical home models.
Field, M., Fong, K., & Shade, C. (2018). Use of electronic visibility boards to improve patient care quality, safety, and flow on inpatient pediatric acute care units. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 41, 69-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2018.01.015
This article observes that use of electronic discernibility boards can help to advance patient care quality, welfare, and flow on inpatient pediatric critical care units. This article portrays the experiential-intelligent thinking and model of activity used to accomplish these objectives; share panel reflections and suggestions to improve documentation and recordkeeping. The EHR is a documentation apparatus that gives helpful information to upgrade patient security, assess care quality, boost proficiency, and measure staffing needs. Regardless of praising the EHR, nurture additionally demonstrate disappointment with its plan and lumbering electronic cycles. This article portrays the points of view on clinical caregivers shared by people from nurses. Much of the analysis into identifying patient safety and harm-prevention practices has centered on adverse outcomes of care like mortality and morbidity. Nurses play a crucial role in the monitoring and coordination that helps to prevent such negative outcomes.
Hermanspann, T., Van der Linden, E., Schoberer, M., Fitzner, C., Orlikowsky, T., Marx, G., & Eisert, A. (2019). Evaluation to improve the quality of medication preparation and administration in pediatric and adult intensive care units. Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, 11, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.2147/dhps.s184479
The article focuses on drug therapy for hospital inpatients and how they have become error prone. According to the article, errors can result in adverse actions and harm to patients. MEs can transpire during the process of prescribing, preparing, and administering medications. Critically ill patients in intensive care units typically require numerous circulatory medications, multiplying the risk of error by the number of unprofessional practices and preparation steps. As a result, preparation and management by nursing staff on the ward are multifaceted and intense. Enlightenment of a drug's administration step is the final barrier before an error can have a negative effect on a patient has been fully explained. Error detection is more likely if the same person prepares and administers the medication, which is a mutual practice in intensive care units. This puts ICU patients at an increased risk of medication preparation and administration errors.
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