Tip of the week: Implement a quality improvement program at your hospital
HIM Connection, June 24, 2008
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has spearheaded a program called Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), which tests new concepts and develops exemplary care models on medical/surgical units. Ten hospitals graduated from the third phase of the five-year program in May. The Foundation has provided a toolkit for other hospitals that outlines the focus areas of the TCAB program and how to implement change.
For more information on how to implement a quality improvement program—particularly one that engages frontline staff and unit managers who spend the most time with patients and their families—visit the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Web site at www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=30051&c=EMC-CA137.
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