PARTNERING TO IMPROVE HEALTH

Partnering to Improve Outcomes

http://ccn.aacnjournals.org Sandra Lins is the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium project coordinator at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center in Dearborn, Mich. She coordinates all data collection and quality improvement efforts related to percutaneous coronary interventions. Denise Guffey is the former manager of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Oakwood Hospital ...

Building a healthier future: partnering to improve public health.

Partnering with patients to improve peritonitis rates.

The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) peritoneal dialysis (PD) service is an active PD unit caring for approximately 100 patients. The service strives for optimal patient outcomes and, in doing so, regularly analyzes infection rates. In 2003, the LHSC peritonitis infection rate was one episode in 56 patient months (1:56). Peritonitis rates remained acceptable in 2004 (1:41) and 2005 (1:57). ...

The Vessel Sanitation Program: government partnering with the cruise ship industry to improve public health.

Editor’s note: NEHA strives to provide up­ to-date and relevant information on en­ vironmental health and to build partner­ ships in the profession. In pursuit of these goals, we will feature a column from the Environmental Health Services Branch (EHSB) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in every issue of the Journal. EHSB’s objective is to strengthen the role of state, loc...

Home diuretic protocol for heart failure: partnering with home health to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions.

CONTEXT The management of heart failure (HF) is challenging, with high rates of readmission and no single solution. MaineHealth, a health care system serving southern Maine, has shown initial success with home health nurses partnering with physicians in the management of complex patients with HF using the MaineHealth Home Diuretic Protocol (HDP). OBJECTIVE To demonstrate that augmented diuret...