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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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x-ray view of torso, highlighting kidneys

Fistulas May Save a Fist Full of Dollars

Georgia’s regional nephrology team cut the time dialysis patients spent on chest catheters by 13 percent.

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Why This Matters
  • Dialysis patients with a fistula in their forearm have lower infection rates than those who use chest catheters.
Test of Change
  • Educating patients about the benefits of a fistula versus a catheter to deliver the dialysis
Tags: Affordability, Patient Safety, Outpatient
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IV bags and tubing.

Provide Care With Secondary Tubing

By using secondary tubing , which can be just as safe as primary tubing for many IV uses, this team saved a bunch of money.

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Why This Matters
  • When not medically necessary, primary tubing is wasteful.
Test of Change
  • Switching from primary tubing to secondary tubing, whenever appropriate
Tags: Affordability, Patient Safety, Quality, Service, Outpatient
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Laboratory Medical Technologist Celena Anderson and patient Magnolia Ramey.

New Needles Bruise Less, Please Patients

Complaints about bruising dropped after this lab team took action to identify the root of the problem and get better supplies.

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Why This Matters
  • A gentle touch shows patients we care and reduces their anxiety.
Test of Change
  • Switching to a different needle provider
Tags: Affordability, Patient Safety, Quality, Service, Laboratory, Outpatient
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