scholarly journals A Quality Improvement Activity to Promote Interprofessional Collaboration Among Health Professions Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Thomas Dobson ◽  
Katherine Stevenson ◽  
Angela Busch ◽  
Darlene J. Scott ◽  
Carol Henry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Quality Improvement Activity

scholarly journals Empower to connect and connect to empower: experience in using a humanistic approach to improve patients’ access to, and experience of, care in isolation wards during the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. e000996
Author(s):  
Natalie Liling Woong ◽  
Victoria Sze Min Ekstrom ◽  
Xiaohui Xin ◽  
Crystal Lim ◽  
Evelyn Swee Kim Boon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Psychosocial Support ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Quality Improvement Project ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Psychosocial Needs ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Support Materials ◽  
Experience Of Care ◽  
Singapore General Hospital

Patients admitted to the isolation ward during the COVID-19 outbreak face multiple psychosocial stressors including the disruptive experience of being in quarantine, anxiety over contracting a newly emerging infectious disease and limited access to their healthcare team. This quality improvement project aims to leverage on technology to improve patients’ access to, and experience of, care while in isolation.Patients admitted to two isolation wards in Singapore General Hospital (SGH) between 28 February and 19 March 2020 were each provided an iPad loaded with the MyCare application (app), curated materials and mobile games. During this period, 83 of them accessed the device and the app. MyCare app is an app developed by the nursing team in SGH as part of an existing interprofessional collaboration to help patients navigate their care during their inpatient stay. In response to COVID-19, MyCare app was supplemented with materials to address affected patients’ informational and psychosocial needs. These materials included an information sheet on COVID-19, interviews with previous severe acute respiratory syndrome survivors, psychosocial support materials, and uplifting literature, illustrated storybooks and artwork.This paper describes the process of planning for, and executing, the intervention and reports the initial results of its effect. Initial feedback indicated a positive response to the intervention. 9 out of 10 respondents (90%) rated their hospital experience with a maximum of five stars and all 10 respondents (100%) rated the psychosocial support materials with five stars. Doctors managing the patients also observed a reduction in the number of commonly asked questions following the deployment of the iPad.This quality improvement project is ongoing with plans for further research to determine how to better support the psychosocial needs of patients in isolation during a novel disease outbreak. This report is written based on the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence guidelines.

Application of the Combined Quality Improvement Ratio in the Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Activity in a Managed Care Organization

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-121
Author(s):  
Marie A. Krousel-Wood ◽  
Richard B. Chambers ◽  
Richard N. Re ◽  
Phyllis R. Nitzkin ◽  
Laurence M. Cortez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Managed Care ◽  
Care Organization ◽  
Quality Improvement Activity ◽  
Managed Care Organization ◽  
Improvement Ratio

scholarly journals Improving the accuracy of ACIR data and increasing vaccination rates

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thaïs A Miles ◽  
Linda V Granger ◽  
Colleen L Gately
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Vaccine Coverage ◽  
Health Unit ◽  
Quality Improvement Activity ◽  
Childhood Immunisation ◽  
Central Coast ◽  
Vaccine Preventable Diseases ◽  
Vaccination Rates

Immunisation at the earliest appropriate age and high levels of vaccine coverage at milestone ages are important in preventing the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases. At the Central Coast Public Health Unit, the authors sought to determine if follow-up of children said by the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) to be overdue for vaccination improved both of these factors. In a quality improvement activity, monthly ACIR lists of overdue Central Coast children aged 9 to 10 months of age were examined. The study alternated three months of intervention with three months of no intervention. The intervention was designed to find evidence of vaccination, first from the last known provider, and then if this was unsuccessful, from the parent. If no information was available, a letter was sent to the parents. If the child was indeed vaccinated, the register was updated. If the child was missing any vaccinations, the parent(s) were encouraged to complete the schedule. On reviewing routinely-published quarterly ACIR data at three-monthly intervals for 24 months after the intervention (or non-intervention), timeliness of vaccination improved in the intervention cohort. Central Coast fully vaccinated rates diverged from NSW rates during the study. In addition, the ACIR quarters that contained two out of three months of intervention rather than one out of three months of intervention had the highest rates of fully vaccinated children. The authors concluded that the intervention improved both timeliness of vaccination and the proportion of fully vaccinated children.

Research as a Quality Improvement Activity

JAMA ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 287 (7) ◽  
pp. 843-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. V. Miles
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Improvement Activity

scholarly journals Quality improvement activity for improving pain management in acute extremity injuries in the emergency department

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung Lan Chang ◽  
Jin Hee Jung ◽  
Young Ho Kwak ◽  
Do Kyun Kim ◽  
Jin Hee Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Quality Improvement Activity ◽  
Extremity Injuries
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