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What's Happening: December 18, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: December 11, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: December 4, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: November 27, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: November 13, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 30, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 23, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 16, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 9, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 2, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: September 25, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: September 18, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: September 11, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: September 4, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: August 28, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: August 21, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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Improving Type And Screen Specimen Collection Prior To Elective Surgery, Nordx Blood Bank Staff, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman

Maine Medical Center

To avoid delays in the availability of compatible blood for elective surgery patients requiring transfusion, a type and screen specimen should be completed at least 24 hours prior to surgery. Baseline metrics in an acute care inpatient blood bank demonstrated a significant number of cases with no type or screen completed.

The objective of this KPI was to prevent any delays in providing compatible blood products to scheduled surgical patients. Several internal and external system issues were identified as a result of a root cause analysis and a number of actions were initiated.

Outcomes have been positive. Data collection post …

Improving Cardiology Patient Flow In Nuclear Medicine, Kelly Haar, Hannah Sullivan, Kathryn Laverdiere, Nuclear Medicine Department, Haley Pelletier, Stephen Tyzik, Suneela Nayak, Ruth Hanselman

Maine Medical Center

At baseline, a nuclear medicine department found it difficult to complete cardiac stress tests within scheduled times. Using the performance improvement process, a nuclear medicine department looked to improve patient experience related to wait times for this test.

Two goals were identified and a root cause analysis was initiated. After identifying some process issues, two KPIs were developed to address them.

A root cause analysis identified some processing issues and two KPIs were instituted to address them.

As a result, one outcome was to hire an additional physician assistant to address the barrier of inadequate cardiology coverage. Next steps include …

Interdepartmental Rounding, Peggy Anderson, Carrie Strick, R3 Med-Surg Unit, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman, Maine Medical Center Operational Excellence

Maine Medical Center

STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DOCTORS AND NURSES IN AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL

Effective interdisciplinary communication is imperative for safe patient care in an acute care hospital environment.

A surgical unit used their HCAHPs scores to assess how often patients perceived there was good communication between different doctors and nurses during their hospital stays. The data demonstrated that this occurred 22% less often than the national average.

As a result of a root cause analysis, a number of countermeasures were initiated with the goal of achieving scores greater than the national average. Post KPI inception in the second quarter of …

What's Happening: August 14, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: August 7, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: July 31, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: July 24, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: July 17, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: July 10, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: June 26, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: June 19, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: June 12, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: June 5, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: May 29, 2017, Maine Medical Center

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