Multidisciplinary approach used to improve infant care.
Many of the implemented changes have required the rewriting of standards of care and policies, as well as the education of staff. Staff education was addressed through a variety of approaches, including one-hour inservice training sessions and eight-hour courses. In the final analysis, the multidisciplinary QA committee has had a significant impact on improving the processes involved in caring for infants with RDS. Because of this success, committee members have acknowledged that all aspects of patient care may be examined and changes implemented when caregivers keep an open mind and are willing to change the way "things have always been done." This commitment to examine all aspects of care and to implement change has been, for Presbyterian Hospital, the key to genuine quality improvement. As a result of these and other efforts, Presbyterian Hospital has improved the care given to all of its patients. In March 1992, the hospital received accreditation with commendation.
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D000720:Ancillary Services, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000592:standards*; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D009825:Oklahoma; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*