May 24, 2013

Quality

Safe to Speak Up?

05/01/2013 Open communication leads to better patient outcomes and a more engaged workforce, and there are surefire ways to build a culture where people feel free to raise concerns. From the Spring 2013 Hank. [ STORY ]

When Something Goes Wrong

05/01/2013 Two Northern California teams discover that to create an environment where people feel free to speak up, a good system is required as well as courageous leaders. From the Spring 2013 Hank. [ STORY ]

Transformed Team Tracks Transplant Patients

03/27/2013 A nephrology team in Bakersfield,CA, uses the power of KP's Proactive Office Encounter to help kidney transplant patients. [ SNAPSHOT ]

Transformed Team Boosts Service to Transplant Patients

03/27/2013 A once-skeptical nephrology team in Bakersfield, California, finds UBT performance improvement tools are crucial to its efforts to keep kidney transplant patients healthy. [ STORY ]

Changing Work, Changing Lives | Opening Segment

03/27/2013 In this opening segment of the "Changing Work, Changing Lives" video, the need for health care reform is made clear with the story of one young couple with two kids in Northern California. [ VIDEO 1:30 ]

Equal Voices = Better Care

03/20/2013 This video highlights a Mid-Atlantic States team that improved blood pressure control rates for its hypertensive patients. [ VIDEO 3:06 ]

Small Changes, Healthy Babies

03/15/2013 This video highlights a Pediatrics unit-based team in Daly City (Northern California) that boosted vaccine rates for children under 2 years old. [ VIDEO 3:01 ]

Mail-Order Refill Champions Keep KP Pharmacies on Top

02/19/2013 The 24-hour pharmacy UBT at Panorama City champions mail-order refills, which helps keep KP affordable and enhances clinical quality. [ STORY ]