title: Data-driven QI effort helps hospital adhere to restraint compliance standards.
abstract: Using data to meet regulatory and internal standards: Here's an excellent case study of a New Jersey hospital that developed an effective and efficient tracking mechanism to improve patient restraint compliance. The result? Restraint use fell dramatically and administrators learned the real reasons why nurses changed their restraint-use behavior. Here are all the tools and tips you'll need to adopt the same kind of program at your facility.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D009515:New Jersey; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014600:Utilization Review