Help Video
How to Find UBT Basics on the LMP Website
LMP Website Overview
How to Find How-To Guides
This short animated video explains how to find and use our powerful how-to guides
How to Find and Use Team-Tested Practices
Does your team want to improve service? Or clinical quality? If you don't know where to start, check out the team-tested practices on the LMP website. This short video shows you how.
How to Use the Search Function on the LMP Website
Having trouble using the search function? Check out this short video to help you search like a pro!
How to Find the Tools on the LMP Website
Need to find a checklist, template or puzzle? Don't know where to start? Check out this short video to find the tools you need on the LMP website with just a few clicks.
Standarizing communication between nurses helped one UBT decrease its overtime costs.
Decreased Overtime Works Double-Time for Patients
Inpatient nurses at Moanalua Medical Center found that standardizing change-of-shift communications enabled them to reduce annual overtime costs by $80,000. Unit-based team members created a report called “Say It In Five” to help nurses communicate key details about patient care, including diagnosis, lab results and pain management. The UBT also made changes to end-of-shift nursing assignments and adjusted workflows for hospital aides. As a result, the team was able to reduce overtime hours from 103 hours to 88 hours in a single pay period.
Here's What Worked
- Standardizing end-of-shift communication between nurses
- Assigning outgoing nurse assignments to incoming nurses
- Creating new workflows for hospital aides
What can your team do to reduce unnecessary variation?
Projected annual cost savings by reducing end-of-shift overtime
Act Now — Tools to Help Your Team
Need an Idea? Borrow One
- Northwest Team Creates Better Cancer-Care Experience Helping patients suffer less while reviving teamwork.
- Overview of National Affordability and Competitiveness Task Force 2023 Year-End Report Achieving historic savings while enhancing quality care
- Optical Team Solves Swirling Mystery Technicians overcome problem damaging new eyeglass lenses.