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Patients Win After Team Ignores Traditional Hierarchy

06/12/2013: Physicians pitch in to help short-staffed nurses clear the electronic inbox in KP HealthConnect. [Story]

Hitting the Road for Health in Colorado

06/05/2013: Mobile mammography is used in Colorado for facilities who don't provide those services. They detected 12 cases of cancer in 2012 and saw more than 2,500 patients. [Story]

Vision Essentials Team Sees Way to Save

05/14/2013: UBT reduces the cost of on-hand pharmaceuticals by 69 percent. [Snapshot]

Colorado: Training Pays Off for Laboratory

04/30/2013: Colorado made 2012 the year of the member in both service and quality--and unit-based teams worked on projects that supported that campaign. From the 2012 LMP Performance Report. [Story]

Team Presentations on Patient Safety

03/06/2013: These are slides from three teams that presented their outstanding work on patient safety in a March 2013 virtual UBT Fair. [Tool]

PPT: Assigning Ownership of Surgical Instruments Saves Thousands

01/01/2013: This PowerPoint slide, from the January/February 2013 Bulletin Board Packet, features a Colorado UBT that found a way to better track its instruments and save thousands of dollars. [Tool]

Poster: UBT Ends Losing Streak

01/01/2013: This poster, which appears in the January/February 2013 Bulletin Board Packet, highlights a Colorado team that found a way to better keep track of its surgical instruments and save thousands of dollars. [PDF]

New Printers Lead to Shorter Lines

11/01/2012: UBT makes a pitch to ditch its printers that frequently jam--and after it gets its new printers, member complaints about waits drop off completely. [Snapshot]

Losing Streak Ends for UBT

11/01/2012: Colorado Head and Neck Surgery UBT puts a process in place to track expensive surgical instruments, almost completely eliminating losses and saving more than $25,000 a year. [Snapshot]

Poster: New printers lead to shorter lines

11/01/2012: This poster, from the November/December 2012 Bulletin Board Packet, features a Colorado team that saved money and reduced customer complaints by tackling a printer problem. [Tool]