Simulating before Opening

Simulating before Opening to Assess New Facilities Using simulation, our objective was to define optimal staff roles, refine scope of practice, and identify LSTs before opening a new satellite hospital…

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Improving and Standardizing CVC Skills

Improving and Standardizing CVC Skills Central Venous Catheterization (CVC) is one of the most common invasive procedures performed in modern hospitals. Up to 48% of patients in the Intensive Care…

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Improving Resuscitation Skills

Improving Resuscitation Skills and Reducing Critical Errors Hyper-realistic immersive team training focuses on improving individual and team performance across the continuum of care; correlating team training efficacy and communication with…

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Simulating before Implementing

Improving Management of Rapidly Deteriorating Pediatric Patients Response to deteriorating patients is critically important for patient safety and a significant marker of quality of care. Professional efforts to improve this…

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Discharge Planning in the Hospital

Discharge Planning in the Hospital In this Children's Hospital, there was a dysfunctional system for discharging patients that were medically ready to be released, only 30% of patients were released…

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Evidence Based Care in the ED

Evidence Based Care in the ED In this Children's ED, 7500 patient days in the ED were because of 4 of the most common issues. There was a desire to…

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