Improving maternal and newborn nursing services in a military medical center.
As military treatment facility leaders become more knowledgeable regarding apportionment of resources, decision making involving primary family member support services must be clear and concise. Continuing in its effort to meet the maternal and child health care expectations of its patients, a large military treatment facility command instituted several changes to consolidate its maternal and newborn services. This article presents findings and outcomes of actions taken in support of quality improvement and efficient use of budgetary resources to maximize patient satisfaction and bring about cost savings.
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Department of Nursing, Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler AMC, HI 96859-5000, USA.
D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017046:Cost Savings; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006254:Hawaii; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*