Reducing Delays in VTE Care: A Performance-Driven Approach to Patient Outcomes
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) significantly impacts patient outcomes and healthcare systems, with 900,000 U.S. cases annually, leading to 300,000 deaths. Our current workflows delay vascular ultrasounds, extending outpatient waiting to six weeks. This DFSS project used...
Redesigning Medical Center Operations to Drive Quality, Leadership, and Continuous Improvement
VISN2 implemented an ISO 9001 certified Quality Management System (QMS) across Sterile Processing Services (SPS) at over 10 hospitals throughout the network, standardizing processes to enhance patient safety, reduce risk, and improve operations. The QMS, which...
Quality Rounding Implementation in an Ambulatory Care Setting
With the movement of pay for performance healthcare many organizations are turning to proactive ways to support clinicians with meeting quality metrics set by HEDIS and other ACOs. Ambulatory quality teams are being looked at to set the standard to provide guidance...
