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Exploring Nursing Home Staff's Perceptions Of Communication And Leadership To Facilitate Quality Improvement, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, M. Schenkman, L. Moore, C. Vojir, R. Connoly, M. Pratt, L. Palmer
Exploring Nursing Home Staff's Perceptions Of Communication And Leadership To Facilitate Quality Improvement, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, M. Schenkman, L. Moore, C. Vojir, R. Connoly, M. Pratt, L. Palmer
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
Leadership and clinical staff were surveyed to explore communication and leadership in nursing homes. Registered nurses and other professionals perceived communication as better than their nursing colleagues did. Overall, results suggest all factors of communication could improve. In terms of leadership, licensed practical nurses perceived less clarity of expectations, encouragement of initiative, and support than other groups. The study provides insight into what is organizationally necessary to improve quality of care in nursing homes.
A Just Culture: The Role Of Nursing Leadership, A. Vogelsmeier, Jill Scott-Cawiezell
A Just Culture: The Role Of Nursing Leadership, A. Vogelsmeier, Jill Scott-Cawiezell
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
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The Use Of Bedside Electronic Medical Record To Improve Quality Of Care In Nursing Facilities: A Qualitative Analysis, M. Rantz, G. Alexander, C. Galambos, M. Flesner, A. Vogelsmeier, L. Hicks, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, M. Zwygart-Stauffacher, L. Greenwald
The Use Of Bedside Electronic Medical Record To Improve Quality Of Care In Nursing Facilities: A Qualitative Analysis, M. Rantz, G. Alexander, C. Galambos, M. Flesner, A. Vogelsmeier, L. Hicks, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, M. Zwygart-Stauffacher, L. Greenwald
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
It appears that the implementation and use of a bedside electronic medical record in nursing homes can be a strategy to improve quality of care. Staff like using the bedside electronic medical record and believe it is beneficial. Information gleaned from this qualitative evaluation of four nursing homes that implemented complete electronic medical records and participated in a larger evaluation of the use of an electronic medical record will be useful to other nursing homes as they consider implementing bedside computing technology. Nursing home owners and administrators must be prepared to undertake a major change requiring many months of planning …
Are Attributes Of Organizational Performance In Large Health Care Organizations Relevant In Primary Care Practices?, A. Orzano, A. Tallia, P. Nutting, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, B. Crabtree
Are Attributes Of Organizational Performance In Large Health Care Organizations Relevant In Primary Care Practices?, A. Orzano, A. Tallia, P. Nutting, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, B. Crabtree
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
Are organizational attributes associated with better health outcomes in large health care organizations applicable to primary care practices? In comparative case studies of two community family practices, it was found that attributes of organizational performance identified in larger health care organizations must be tailored to their unique context of primary care. Further work is required to adapt or establish the significance of the attributes of management infrastructure and information mastery.
Medication Safety Teams' Guided Implementation Of Electronic Medication Administration Records In Five Nursing Homes, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, R. Madsen, G. Pepper, A. Vogelsmeier, G. Petroski, D. Zellmer
Medication Safety Teams' Guided Implementation Of Electronic Medication Administration Records In Five Nursing Homes, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, R. Madsen, G. Pepper, A. Vogelsmeier, G. Petroski, D. Zellmer
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
BACKGROUND: The 1.6 million nursing home residents in the United States are at high risk for adverse effects from medication errors. In an attempt to decrease medication errors and improve safety practices, from 2003 through 2007 the study investigators partnered with five Midwestern nursing homes in implementing electronic point-of-care medication administration records (eMARs) and focused quality improvement (QI) efforts. METHODS: The eMAR, designed by a vendor as a part of a larger integrated electronic health record, provided a point of information integration for a variety of users, including practitioners, nursing staff, medication administrators, and nursing home leadership. At each nursing …
Nursing Home Safety: A Review Of The Literature, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, A. Vogelsmeier
Nursing Home Safety: A Review Of The Literature, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, A. Vogelsmeier
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
The number of older persons in the United States is rapidly growing and, based on this growth projection, the number of consumers needing nursing home (NH) care will likely triple in the next 10 years. Although NHs have been bombarded and scrutinized about the care that they provide, the concept of safety (specifically, error prevention) remains at the margin of most quality improvement efforts. The purpose of this review is to explore what has recently been written (2000-2005) about the evolution of the NH as an organization focused on safety and the most critical clinical processes that must be closely …