title: Communication of the monitoring and evaluation process through the use of storyboards and story notebooks.
abstract: In preparation for the 1993 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) survey, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital Nursing Service was faced with determining the best approach to presenting their Total Quality Improvement/Total Quality Management (TQI/TQM) process. Nursing Service management and staff, Quality Improvement Clinicians, and medical staff used the Storyboard concept and the accompanying Story Notebooks to organize and to communicate their TQI/TQM process and findings. This concept was extremely beneficial, enabling staff to successfully present the multidisciplinary TQI/TQM data to the JCAHO surveyors.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Honea
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Kanter
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Haney
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013781:Texas