Western Baptist Hospital: problem-solving with pneumonia care performance improvement teams

Western Baptist Hospital: problem-solving with pneumonia care performance improvement teams

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Case study. High-performing health care organization
Author(s):
Lashbrook, Aimee, author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, New York] : Commonwealth Fund, January 2010
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hospital Administration
Hospitals, Voluntary
Pneumonia -- prevention & control
Quality Assurance, Health Care -- organization & administration
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Kentucky
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Vital Signs. Location: Paducah, Ky. Type: Private, not-for-profit hospital. Beds: 349 beds. Distinction: Top 3 percent in composite of seven pneumonia process-of-care measures, among more than 2,800 hospitals with 50 or more beds (more than half of U.S. acute-care hospitals) eligible for the analysis. Timeframe: April 2007 through March 2008. See Appendix for full methodology. This case study describes the strategies and factors that appear to contribute to high performance on pneumonia process-of-care measures at Western Baptist Hospital. It is based on information obtained from interviews with key hospital personnel, publicly available information, and materials provided by the hospital during July through November 2009.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (11 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101547441 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101547441