title: 2011 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. Mentored implementation: building leaders and achieving results through a collaborative improvement model. Innovation in patient safety and quality at the national level.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) created "Mentored Implementation" (MI) programs with the dual aims of educating and mentoring hospitalists and their quality improvement (QI) teams and accelerating improvement in the inpatient setting in three signature programs: Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention, Glycemic Control, and Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions).
  
  
  METHODS
  More than 300 hospital improvement teams were enrolled in SHM MI programs in a series of cohorts. Hospitalist mentors worked with individual hospitals/health systems to guide local teams through the life cycle of a QI project. Implementation Guides and comprehensive Web-based "Resource Rooms," as well as the mentor's own experience, provided best-practice definitions, practical implementation tips, measurement strategies, and other tools. E-mail interactions and mentoring were augmented by regularly scheduled teleconferences; group webinars; and, in some instances, a site visit. Performance was tracked in a centralized data tracking center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preliminary data on all three MI programs show significant improvement in patient outcomes, as well as enhancements of communication and leadership skills of the hospitalists and their QI teams.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although objective data on outcomes and process measures for the MI program's efficacy remain preliminary at this time, the maturing data tracking system, multiple awards, and early results indicate that the MI programs are successful in providing QI training and accelerating improvement efforts.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA. gmaynard@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Maynard
authors.forename: Tina L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Budnitz
authors.forename: Wendy K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Nickel
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Greenwald
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: JoAnne N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Resnic
authors.forename: Kendall M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Schnipper
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Winthrop F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Whitcomb
authors.forename: Mark V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D001786:Blood Glucose; D003142:Communication; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors; D015279:Organizational Culture; D061214:Patient Safety; D010379:Peer Group; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose