United Hospital Center: improving surgical care through evidence-based education and standardization
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Case study. High-performing health care organization
- Author(s):
- Silow-Carroll, Sharon, author Lashbrook, Aimee, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, June 2009
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Evidence-Based Practice -- education Hospitals, Voluntary Organizational Case Studies Surgical Procedures, Operative -- standards United States West Virginia
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Vital Signs. Location: Clarksburg, W.V. Type: Private, not-for-profit hospital. Beds: 375. Distinction: Top 3 percent in composite of five surgical care improvement process-of-care measures, among more than 2,300 hospitals (more than half of U.S. acute-care hospitals) eligible for the analysis. Timeframe: April 2007 through March 2008. See Appendix A for full methodology. This case study describes the strategies and factors that appear to contribute to high performance on surgical care improvement measures at United Hospital Center. It is based on information obtained from interviews with key hospital personnel and materials provided by the hospital during March and April 2009.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (11 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101530762 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101530762