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July 21, 2008

In this issue, the theme is preventing and managing infections acquired in health care settings. The featured innovations describe the bundling of evidence-based practices to reduce infections acquired in hospitals, especially intensive care units.
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Innovation Profiles:
- Daily, Multidisciplinary Rounds and Evidence-Based Best Practices Decrease Nosocomial Infections and Costs in the Intensive Care Unit
- Health Plan–Financed, Nurse-Led Care Coordination Improves Quality of Care and Reduces Costs for Latinos With Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities
- Peer Advisor Coaching Combined With Nurse Outreach Improves Adherence to Medical Recommendations Among Elderly Cardiac Patients Who Live Alone Following Discharge
- Priority-Based Hospital Order System Reduces Percentage of "STAT" Orders and Enhances Response Time—Especially for Clinical Results
- Telephone-Based Case Management and Periodic Home Visits Reduce Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Utilization and Overall Costs for High-Risk Pregnant Women and Their Babies

QualityTools:
- Best Practice Intervention Tools for Fall Prevention
- California Perinatal Quality of Care Collaborative Quality Improvement Toolkits
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Population Screener
- Creating Equity Reports: A Guide for Hospitals
- Hand Hygiene Tools
- Health Guides A to Z for Teen Girls
- How-to Guide: Improving Hand Hygiene
- Implementing the Promoting Healthy Development Survey (PHDS)
- Prenatal Infection Prevention Poster
- Ventilator Bundle Checklist

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Last updated: July 21, 2008.
 
 
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