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Seeking a sustainable process to enhance their hospitals’ response to sepsis, a multidisciplinary team at WellSpan Health oversaw the development and implementation of a system that uses customized electronic health record (EHR) alert settings and a team of remote nurses to help frontline staff identify and respond to patients showing signs of sepsis. When the remote nurses, or Central Alerts Team (CAT), receive an alert, they assess the patient’s information and collaborate with the clinical care team to recommend a response.
Patient falls in hospitals are common and debilitating adverse events that persist despite decades of effort to minimize them. Improving communication across the assessing nurse, care team, patient, and patient’s most involved friends and family may strengthen fall prevention efforts. A team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, sought to develop a standardized fall prevention program that centered around improved communication and patient and family engagement.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. September 13 - November 7, 2023.
National Action Alliance. June 27, 2023. 2:00- 3:00 PM (eastern)
Lai B, Horn J, Wilkinson J, et al. Fam Pract Manag. 2023;30(2):13-17.
Gerteis J, Booker C, Brach C, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2023. AHRQ Publication No. 23-0025.
Massachusetts Healthcare Safety and Quality Consortium. Boston, MA: Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety; April 2023.
Health and Human Services. June 27, 2023. 2:00-3:00pm (eastern).