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UBT Bridges the Divide Between Department Members

03/06/2013: Food and Nutrition UBT in San Jose overcomes a natural division between two work groups to improve morale and performance. [Story]

Team Cuts Overdue Meds by Half

08/21/2012: Redwood City inpatient pharmacy worked with the medical-surgical departments to reduce the number of incidents of medications given late to patients. The team streamlined delivery, better organized drugs and improved communication with nurses, among other tests of change. [Snapshot]

Better Workflow Helps Control Blood Pressure

05/08/2012: Snapshot shows how a Mid-Atlantic States team controlled blood pressure with improved workflow. [Snapshot]

Bolder Communication Helps Diagnose Malnutrition

04/27/2012: Roseville clinical dietians improved identification and diagnosis of malnourished patients by making their assessments and diagnosis recommendations more obvious for physicians. [Snapshot]

Errors Drop With Pre-Op Doubling Up

11/09/2011: At the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Colorado, two nurses review a patient's check-off list before surgery, dramatically reducing missed antibiotic orders. [Snapshot]

Seamless Care for Respiratory Patients

10/04/2011: Colorado UBT improves follow-up care for Emergency patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [Story]

Anaheim lab speeds up blood work processing

09/13/2011: One-page slide showing how Anaheim lab improved blood work processing time [Tool]

What Do Metrics Have to Do With Patient Safety?

08/09/2011: This story from the Summer 2011 issue of Hank illustrates how tracking data can motivate and inspire a team in its performance improvement work. [Story]

Getting Blood Work Results Done on Time

06/21/2011: How a Southern California laboratory team changed its workflow to process blood work in time for physicians' morning rounds. [Snapshot]

Using Teamwork to Boost Vaccinations

04/21/2011: Look at how South San Francisco (now Daly City) Pediatrics department increased their HEDIS scores for the number of kids 2 and younger who are current on their immunizations. [Snapshot]