Adult intensive care unit scope of service. [tool - Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare–St. Joseph Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA]
Admission and discharge criteria: critical care services. [tool - OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois, USA]
Continuous improvement [IHI online newsletter] – August 2009 issue.
Evidence-based practices reduce the ventilator-associated pneumonia rate for ICU patients. [improvement report]
IHI framework for leadership for improvement. [short note with link to IHI white paper]
Improvement map discussion board. [requires registration]
Institute for Healthcare Optimization. [website]
Intensive care unit admission, transfer, and discharge guidelines. [tool - Peace Health – St. Joseph Hospital, Bellingham, Washington, USA]
Is your emergency department ready for H1N1? 90-minute webinar “designed to help you develop a standardized approach to manage flow and maintain patient safety during an ‘every day’ disaster, using the anticipated H1N1 outbreak as an example. [October 15, 11:30 AM – 1:00PM Eastern Time]
Managing hospital operations: using the science of management to ensure continuity, maximize capacity, and improve quality of care. [a “five month professional development programme” – starts 10 February, 2010]
Successful execution: securing the link from aims to results. "...five-part, web-based program." [First session Monday, October 26, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern Time]
Links to external web pages.
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