Improved clinical outcomes combining house staff self-assessment with an audit-based quality improvement program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a focus on integrating quality improvement with medical education and advancement of the American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies.

Objective

To determine if audits of patients with unexpected admission to the medical intensive care unit using a self-assessment tool and a focused Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conference improves patient care.

Design

Charts from patients transferred from the general medical floor (GMF) to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) were reviewed by a multidisciplinary team. Physician and nursing self-assessment tools and a targeted monthly M&M conference were part of the educational component.

Participants

Physicians and nurses participated in root cause analysis.

Measures

Reco

SUBMITTER: Kirschenbaum L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2955460 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature