Repurposing Geographic Information Systems for Routine Hospital Infection Control [0.03%]
重新定位地理信息系统在日常医院感染控制中的应用
Courtney Hebert,Elisabeth Dowling Root
Courtney Hebert
This chapter discusses the potential role of geographic information systems (GIS) for infection control within the hospital system. The chapter provides a brief overview of the role of GIS in public health and reviews current work applying ...
Case Study: More Patient Safety by Design - System-based Approaches for Hospitals [0.03%]
案例研究：通过系统方法提高医院患者安全性的设计研究
Irene Kobler,Alfred Angerer,David Schwappach
Irene Kobler
Since the publication of the report "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System" by the US Institute of Medicine in 2000, much has changed with regard to patient safety. Many of the more recent initiatives to improve patient safety tar...
A Systems Approach to Design and Implementation of Patient Assessment Tools in the Inpatient Setting [0.03%]
住院病人评估工具的设计与实施的系统方法研究
Susan P McGrath,Irina Perreard,Joshua Ramos et al.
Susan P McGrath et al.
Failure to rescue events, or events involving preventable deaths from complications, are a significant contributor to inpatient mortality. While many interventions have been designed and implemented over several decades, this patient safety...
A Work Systems Analysis of Sterile Processing: Sterilization and Case Cart Preparation [0.03%]
无菌物品供应中心的工作系统分析：灭菌与器械准备护理流程的研究
Myrtede Alfred,Ken Catchpole,Emily Huffer et al.
Myrtede Alfred et al.
Achieving reliable instrument reprocessing requires finding the right balance among cost, productivity, and safety. However, there have been few attempts to comprehensively examine sterile processing department (SPD) work systems. We consid...
Jennifer L Hefner,Ann Scheck McAlearney,Nicole Spatafora et al.
Jennifer L Hefner et al.
High patient satisfaction is not simply a customer service goal; it is an important dimension of quality and part of financial incentives and public reporting requirements. However, patient experience is often siloed within health system or...
Failure to Rescue Event Mitigation System Assessment: A Mixed-methods Approach to Analysis of Complex Adaptive Systems [0.03%]
复杂自适应系统分析的混合方法在失败救援事件缓解系统评估中的应用研究
Susan P McGrath,Emily Wells,Krystal M McGovern et al.
Susan P McGrath et al.
Although it is widely acknowledged that health care delivery systems are complex adaptive systems, there are gaps in understanding the application of systems engineering approaches to systems analysis and redesign in the health care domain....
Anna Grome,Elizabeth Lerner Papautsky,Beth Crandall et al.
Anna Grome et al.
Only recently has physical space design become more widely recognized as playing a critical role in delivery of care, with an emerging body of literature on the application of human factors approaches to design and evaluation. This chapter ...
PROcess for the Design of User-Centered Environments (PRODUCE): Guiding Change in the Health Care Environment [0.03%]
以用户为中心的医疗保健环境设计(PRODUCE)流程：引领医疗保健环境变革
Jessica M Ray,Rebecca Berg,Stephanie N Sudikoff
Jessica M Ray
Changes in the physical environments of health care settings have become increasingly common to meet the evolving needs of the health care marketplace, new technologies, and infrastructure demands. Physical environment change takes many for...
Systems Modeling Approach for Reducing the Risk of Healthcare-Associated Infections [0.03%]
系统建模方法降低医疗相关感染风险
Shreyas S Limaye,Christina M Mastrangelo
Shreyas S Limaye
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a major cause of concern because of the high levels of associated morbidity, mortality, and cost. In addition, children and intensive care unit (ICU) patients are more vulnerable to these infectio...
A Model for Cultivating a Culture of Continuous Learning and Improvement: An Ethnographic Report [0.03%]
一种培育持续学习与改进的文化的模式——一份民族志报告
Catherine C Quatman-Yates,Mark V Paterno,Mariann L Strenk et al.
Catherine C Quatman-Yates et al.
The importance of culture is often emphasized for continuous learning and quality improvement within health care organizations. Limited empirical evidence for cultivating a culture that supports continuous learning and quality improvement i...