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WCHN Provides Ten Submissions for JD Thompson Award

The JD Thompson Award stands for excellence in the delivery of healthcare through the use of data. WCHN provided ten submissions that included improvements in door-to-balloon time for myocardial infarctions, Stroke and COPD care, reductions in VAP incidence and unnecessary Laboratory testing and other important initiatives.

All of the efforts involved teamwork, were linked to more cost efficient care, and had measurable results with improved outcomes for our patients-representing well the core values of our Network. They also represent the direction that health care needs to go for a sustainable future with well managed care for our patients. Next time you see a colleague in the hall, ask them what’s new, and don’t forget the well-deserved pat on the back goes a long way to improving how we care for our patients.

As busy as we are these days, we may not notice that we suffer from a similar affliction. We’ve moved onto the next task before we celebrate the wins from the last one. This opportunity to pull together submissions for a prestigious clinical excellence award showed us the variety and depth of the work we do and the level of collaboration and improved outcomes that resulted.

• The development and implementation of ventilator associated pneumonia program in the adult critical care units.
• Mandatory Participation in an Influenza Vaccination Program.
• Use of fall data to promote a standardized and coordinated fall prevention strategy.
• A Multi-Disciplinary Multi-Hospital and Community Based Program to Improve the Treatment of Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
• Sweet Delivery is a community wide, standardized program focused on gestational diabetics, which demonstrated improved birth outcomes.
• The stroke program uses an interdisciplinary approach to provide quality care to all patients and their families experiencing stroke. The mission statement of the stroke program is “to provide the highest quality of care for stroke patients and their families throughout the continuum of cerebrovascular disease.
• Patient Centered Palliative Care and its Impact on Unscheduled 30-Day Readmissions.
• A collaborative approach integrating data and respiratory patient care protocols to optimize patient care while streamlining respiratory therapy charges and interventions in all of the inpatient populations with a focus on the COPD patient population.
• Blood Culture Utilization.
• Using an evidence-based medicine approach and strategic interventions to improve utilization of laboratory services and reduce unnecessary testing, we have achieved a large, sustained reduction in ionized calcium testing in our inpatient population and a concomitant decrease in the use of intravenous calcium supplements with no measurable change in hypocalcemia-related clinical complications.

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