A report released by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston shows the hospital has made significant strides in achieving its goal of eliminating all patient harm.
In 2008, the governing boards at BIDMC and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham voted to set the goal of eliminating preventable patient harm by 2012. Since then, both hospitals have collected and reported on a wide range of measures, including infection rates, patient experience and satisfaction and patient outcomes.
Here are key findings from the BIDMC quality report:
• Small interventions, such as 30-degree bed elevations and daily teeth brushing, helped BIDMC achieve a 2,000-case reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia since 2006. As a result of the improved patient outcomes, BIDMC abandoned construction plans for a new $8 million ICU.
• Preventable falls at BIDMC fell from 10 in 2009 to three in 2010 and again to just one in 2011 and one through mid-September 2012.
• BIDMC adopted an extra prevention step during the time out-process to ensure safe surgery for every patient. At the suggestion of an OR nurse, scalpel blades cannot be attached to the handle until the time-out is performed.
In 2008, the governing boards at BIDMC and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham voted to set the goal of eliminating preventable patient harm by 2012. Since then, both hospitals have collected and reported on a wide range of measures, including infection rates, patient experience and satisfaction and patient outcomes.
Here are key findings from the BIDMC quality report:
• Small interventions, such as 30-degree bed elevations and daily teeth brushing, helped BIDMC achieve a 2,000-case reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia since 2006. As a result of the improved patient outcomes, BIDMC abandoned construction plans for a new $8 million ICU.
• Preventable falls at BIDMC fell from 10 in 2009 to three in 2010 and again to just one in 2011 and one through mid-September 2012.
• BIDMC adopted an extra prevention step during the time out-process to ensure safe surgery for every patient. At the suggestion of an OR nurse, scalpel blades cannot be attached to the handle until the time-out is performed.
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