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Giving Team Members a Voice

A Food and Nutrition team creates an environment where employees feel free to voice their opinions and ideas—and can expect action to be taken on their input.

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Baldwin Park Medical Center UBT Consultant Charisse Lewis; Administration Area Medical Director John Bigley; Critical Care RN Sheryl Magpali, UNAC/AFSCME; Critical Care and Clinical Operations Director Felipe Garcia.

Follow-Up Orders Save Lives

Adhering to important guidelines to keep patients safe and healthy after surgery was high after this team educated staff and coordinated with pharmacists and other teams to ensure compliance.

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Why This Matters
  • VTE prophylaxis helps prevent post-operative complications.
Test of Change
  • Coordinating with pharmacies to keep with SCIP guidelines
Tags: Clinical Outcomes, Patient Safety, Quality, Service, Inpatient, Medical-Surgical, Pharmacy, Surgery
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Home testing kit.

This Test Saves Lives

The internal medicine unit emphasized the value of taking the colorectal screening test, and identified at-risk patients whenever they come into the office.

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Why This Matters
  • Ensuring the patients take the test and return it is critical to early screening.
Test of Change
  • Labeling the test as life-saving can increase patient compliance
Tags: Clinical Outcomes, Preventive Care, Service, Inpatient, Laboratory, Outpatient, Radiology
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