Challenges encountered and lessons learned during a trial of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system
Boyce JM, Cooper T, Yin J, Li FY, Arbogast JW. Challenges encountered and lessons learned during a trial of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system. American Journal Of Infection Control 2019, 47: 1443-1448. PMID: 31324492, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.05.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical intensive care unitGeneral medical wardsHH complianceHand hygiene monitoring systemsIntervention periodHand hygieneCompliance rateOverall HH complianceBaseline periodIntensive care unitElectronic hand hygiene monitoring systemsMedical wardsCare unitPostintervention periodHH eventsTransient dropSignificant improvementComplianceEffects of Real-time EMS Direction on Optimizing EMS Turnaround and Load-balancing Between Neighboring Hospital Campuses
Felice J, Coughlin RF, Burns K, Chmura C, Bogucki S, Cone DC, Joseph D, Parwani V, Li F, Saxa T, Ulrich A. Effects of Real-time EMS Direction on Optimizing EMS Turnaround and Load-balancing Between Neighboring Hospital Campuses. Prehospital Emergency Care 2019, 23: 788-794. PMID: 30798628, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1587123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNurse navigator programSingle healthcare systemNavigator programHealthcare systemEmergency medical services (EMS) providersHealth system capacityNurse navigatorChief complaintEmergency departmentMedical service providersED volumeInpatient facilitiesTurnaround timeNeighboring hospitalRegistered NursesHospitalHospital campusSignificant decreaseED capacityIncidenceReal-time assessmentProgram implementationPrimary objectiveSignificant improvementPatients