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May/June 2013 Volume 10, Issue 3
CHANGE OF SCENERY
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Infection Control
Diagnostic Error
Alarm Problems in the ED
Supporting Patients and Families
RFID, Barcoding, RTLS28
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CONTENTS
May/June 2013 Volume 10, Issue 3
Features
Change of Scenery: Just What the Doctor Ordered
By Diane Garry, RN, BSN, MEd, and Tina Mason, ARNP, MSN, AOCN®, AOCNS®
Seven Years, Zero CLABSIs: How a California Hospital Did It
By Alan Reder, MA
MITSS: Supporting Patients and Families for More than a Decade
By Winifred N. Tobin
Addressing Alarm Problems in the Emergency Department
By Kathryn M. Pelczarski
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The Connected Hospital
By Tom Ingles
May/June 2013
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Editor's Notebook Personal Accountability I’m
NEWS New Joint Commission Alert Addresses Medic
The Joint Commission Alert recommends that healthc
NEWS Massachusetts Alliance Studies Pilot Progr
implementing the programs should expect to make a
AHRQ CUSP: Scaling Up a Safety Framework By Caro
ed into each module. Videos demonstrate desired be
DIAGNOSTIC ERROR Safe and Effective Communication
• Referrals: Lack of appropriate actions on reques
ultimate goal of reducing missed and delayed diagn
ISMP Drawn Curtains, Muted Alarms, and Diverted A
Patients in the PACU are particularly vulnerable t
to improve the manner in which alarms are managed.
CHANGE OF SCENERY: Just What the Doctor Ordered
Being hospitalized should not necessarily preclude
CHANGE OF SCENERY doors. The Center’s lush trop
Change of Scenery Figure 2. Moffitt Intra-insti
CHANGE OF SCENERY nitive dysfunction related to
to leaving the unit and meets the applicable crite
SEVEN YEARS, ZERO CLABSIs: How a California Hospit
completely eliminated CLABSIs for long time spans,
SEVEN YEARS, ZERO CLABSIs also helps us make su
SEVEN YEARS, ZERO CLABSIs ownership and daily m
MITSS: Supporting Patients and Families for More t
with others who had been through similar experienc
SUPPORTING PATIENTS AND FAMILIES physical recov
Health Care for All, the Mass. Coalition for the P
SUPPORTING PATIENTS AND FAMILIES Progress is sl
Supporting Patients and Families The circumstan
Addressing Alarm Problems in the Emergency Departm
• Heart rate and pulse oximetry alarm limits are s
ALARM PROBLEMS and planning. A multidisciplinar
• Establishing protocols for proper skin preparati
HEALTH IT & QUALITY American Autos Circa 1970 and
3. Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quali
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NEWS Quality Conundrums Lynn Helmer, MD, MBA,
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilizatio
Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH) welco