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<br /> July/August 2012 Volume 9, Issue 4<br /> VALUE-BASED<br /> PURCHASING<br /> IT/Clinical Engineering<br /> OB Safety Partnership<br /> Hand Hygiene<br /> DNA “Time Out”<br /> <br /> <br /> 22<br /> 30<br /> CONTENTS<br /> July/August 2012 Volume 9, Issue 4<br /> Features<br /> 18 Outperform the Competition: Hospital Value-Based Purchasing<br /> By Jeffrey Robbins<br /> 22 The IT/Clinical Engineering Governance Gap<br /> By tim gee<br /> 30 Hand Hygiene: Necessary but Not Sufficient<br /> By tom Inglesby<br /> 36 Partnership Improves OB Safety in New York State<br /> By Kathleen ciccone, RN, mBA; christa R. christakis, mpp,<br /> Andrea mathis, mph, and patricia montone charvat<br /> 40 Taking a DNA “Time Out” to Ensure Accuracy<br /> By An<a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=1"> July/August 2012 </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=2"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=3"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=4"> 22 30 CONTENTS July/August 2012 Volume 9, I</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=5"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=6"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=7"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=8"> SPONORING ORGANIZATIONS Ameri</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=9"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=10"> NEWS Health Lawyers’ Checklist Helps Hospitals P</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=11"> 2012 High Reliability Conference Proceedings and </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=12"> TECHNOlOGy The RTLS Patient Safety Improvement </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=13"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=14"> AMERICAN COllEGE OF SuRGEONS The Critical Import</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=15"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=16"> of Medicine concluded that administrative data ha</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=17"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=18"> HEAlTH IT & QuAlITy Patient-Centered Workflow </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=19"> only necessary and indicated tasks are </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=20"> Outperform the Competition: Hospital Value-Bas</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=21"> C ompetition to capture the highest incentive pay</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=22"> vAluE-BASED PuRCHASING F</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=23"> As with any contest, some VBP participants will c</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=24"> The IT/Clinical Engineering Governance G</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=25"> W ith certain patient s</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=26"> THE GOvERNANCE GAP </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=27"> of themselves as being responsible for medical de</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=28"> THE GOvERNANCE GAP Both of these standards prov</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=29"> IT’S ALMOST HERE! ast opporun ty BOOK YOUR AD TOD</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=30"> THE GOvERNANCE GAP </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=31"> SuMMARy Besides the continued automation of diag-</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=32"> Hand Hygiene: Necessary but Not Suffic</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=33"> C ommon sense, at least since Antonie</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=34"> HAND HyGIENE </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=35"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=36"> HAND HyGIENE </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=37"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=38"> Partnership Improves OB Safety in New</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=39"> T he safety of mothers and babies </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=40"> PARTNERSHIP FOR OB SAFETy tive recognized and a</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=41"> hospital sent four professionals to the EFM train</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=42"> Taking a DNA “Time Out” to Ensure Accura</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=43"> Figure 1. Complications within the Diagnostic Tes</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=44"> DNA “TIME OuT” BENEFITS OF A DNA “TIME OuT” Add</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=45"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=46"> TEAM TRAINING shared learning for true teamwork</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=47"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=48"> ceive the necessary support from employ- ees on o</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=49"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=50"> ISMP that’s the way we do things around here! </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=51"> The influence of credible, clinical leaders who be</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=52"> HAND HyGIENE Compliance Improvement through tec</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=53"> we’re monitoring users with electronic tools, we </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=54"> Since all staff in hospitals wear some sort of ba</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=55"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=56"> ABQAuRP NEWS Quality Conundrums Lynn Helmer, MD,</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=57"> American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilizati</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=58"> Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH) welc</a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=59"> </a> <a title="PSQH July/August 2012 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/48a648e2?page=60"> </a>