Quality Corner: Families First – Our Expectations
12/21/2016
The Women’s and Children’s service line has the opportunity to become the first Service Line Model Cell, i.e. the place where Be Safe is incorporated fully into the daily work…
7/19/2016
Families First Initiative: As everyone is aware (unless you are completely new to the Children’s Hospital) Be Safe is the health system’s focus on safety allowing us to: Deliver the…
3/10/2016
Shining a Light on Quality When an error occurs during the course of a patient’s hospitalization, it takes courage to disclose to the family the problems that arose, however, we…
Quality Corner: Patient Satisfaction – What can we do to move the needle?
11/13/2015
Patient satisfaction is a widely used indicator for measuring the quality of health care – specifically how the care was delivered. Although some people argue that patient satisfaction does not…
6/1/2015
UVA is Magnet! (What does that mean for quality outcomes?): On Monday, May 18th, the Health System learned that UVA re-achieved Magnet® status! The Magnet Recognition Program by the American…
4/30/2015
Trainees Improving Care in the Children’s Hospital The national organization that oversees residency training programs (Resident Review Committee of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education) requires that pediatric residents…
4/1/2015
What is the “Big 6?” If you have recently walked by the Children’s Hospital Situation Room on 7 West, you might have noticed the words “The Big 6” hand written…
3/4/2015
7 Acute Celebrates 365 Days CLABSI Free!! Congratulations to all the team members on 7 Acute for an amazing job. On February 13th, 7 Acute celebrated an entire year without…
2/10/2015
Culture of Safety Survey In December, the Medical Center took part in the Agency for Healthcare Quality & Research (AHRQ) Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. We are able to…
12/22/2014
The Children’s Hospital and a Culture of Safety As Be Safe continues to roll, we need to remind ourselves that in health care, there will always going to be errors…