CQI strategies to reduce patient details.
The author presents a case study in which multidisciplinary teamwork, data collection, and carefully planned interventions decreased the number and expense of violent or security-related incidents in a hospital. The study was prepared in collaboration with Claude Barnes, security officer, who did much of the research and statistical analysis.
Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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D006302:Health Services Research; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017751:Safety Management / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012637:Security Measures / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*