The authors of 10 More Powerful Ideas for Improving Patient Care ?both frontline figures in the improvement and innovation field?share concepts in enhancing care and service delivery that have been developed and successfully implemented in outpatient as well as inpatient settings of actual healthcare organizations. Unlike best practices that require years to yield beneficial results, the ideas in this book can be adopted and adapted by healthcare organizations today. Modeled after the publication 10 Powerful Ideas for Improving Patient Care, this book proposes 10 more ideas that will inspire leaders and have the capacity to transform practices, including?Mapping out system structures, organizational processes, and behavioral patterns?Implementing rapid response teams?Reconciling medications at every handoff?Adopting acuity-adjustable beds and rooms?Developing patient itinerariesThe book also presents Framework for Spread, a concept developed at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to help leaders expand the reach of improvement ideas and their consequent changes.
10 More Powerful Ideas for Improving Patient Care, Book 2