Learning Lab: Experiences in Managing Integrated Quality/Safety Projects Across a Large Health System

To survive in an industry challenged by increased transparency and a new set of rules levied by value driven strategy and reform, healthcare systems must consistently deliver higher quality, cost effective and efficient outcomes. Providers have to be good at doing more with less. This presentation will provide a success story, sharing what worked in defining structure, process and outcomes, to reduce hospital acquired VTE’s through a multidisciplinary system approach.

Credit CPHQ CE:1.0

Tag(s) On-Demand, Leadership, Patient Safety, Performance and Process Improvement, Quality and Accountability, Learning Lab, Complimentary Member Benefit (Sign In required)

Publisher NAHQ

Description

Learning Objectives:

Review the system level structural and tactical approach used for delivering information and deploying clinical change.
Enhance comprehension on how to engage physicians around the system for their buy in and address any concerns before a clinical algorithm was approved.
Clarify how to set objectives and deliverables, define the project scope, identify resources, surface risks and barriers, develop a budget and establish a timeline for successful completion of a large scale project.
Appreciate the value of using scientific evidence information, subject expert knowledge, process information, innovation ideas, and consensus tools.

Carole S Guinane has extensive experience at the corporate vice president and vice president levels at health care systems in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Colorado. From steering system-wide quality improvement initiatives and introducing/expanding orthopedic service lines, to leading the charge on opening a multi-million dollar ambulatory surgery center, Guinane has extensive experience with demonstrated successes. She served as vice president at one of six hospitals in the country to adopt quality improvement strategies as implemented in manufacturing and industry, and the hospital was featured in the book Striving Toward Improvement: Six Hospitals in Search of Quality published by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Guinane has authored and co-authored numerous books on various health care topics, including outpatient policies, improving quality in the outpatient setting and analyzing clinical care pathways. She also has published several articles in the Journal for Healthcare Quality and the American Heart Hospital Journal, and presented at National Association for Healthcare Quality, Institute for Healthcare Improvement and National Association for Healthcare Quality national conferences on topics such as health care quality, data analysis and process improvement.