What's New | November 10, 2008

Using Teams to Improve Health Care Delivery

The featured innovations focus on improving access to care through multidisciplinary and culturally competent teams and evidence-based approaches to teamwork.

Featured Innovations:

• Culturally Competent Teams Provide Comprehensive Diabetes Care Management and Education, Improving Outcomes for Underserved Patients

• Multidisciplinary Family Clinic Increases Access to Care for Inner-City Residents, Leading to Improved Outcomes and High Patient Satisfaction

• Teamwork Enhancement Program Improves Obstetric Care in a Military Hospital

Featured QualityTools:

• GRACE Interdisciplinary Team Suggestions
Developed by Indiana University Center for Aging Research

• Multidisciplinary Care Toolkit
Developed by Cancer Coordination Unit, Victorian Department of Human Services

• TeamSTEPPS™ (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) Tools and Materials
Developed by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Department of Defense (DoD) Patient Safety Program

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Also in This Issue:

Innovations >

• Provider Team Offers Services and Referrals to Frequent Emergency Department Users in Inner City, Leading to Anecdotal Reports of Lower Utilization

• Technology-Enabled Streamlining of Hospital Registration Process Reduces Check-In Times, Waiting Times, and Costs

• Web-Facilitated Home Monitoring and Ongoing Pharmacist Support Improve Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients

• Field-Based Outreach Workers Facilitate Access to Health Care and Social Services for Underserved Individuals in Rural Areas

QualityTools >

• EPITOME (Enhanced Patient Safety Intervention to Optimize Medication Education) Tools
Developed by University of Pittsburgh, Critical Care Medicine

• Keeping Kidney Patients Safe: Patient Safety Improvement Toolkit
Developed by Renal Physicians Association