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AHC Research Call Light Study

NATIONWIDE STUDY REVEALS REGULAR PROACTIVE NURSE ROUNDS REDUCE CALL LIGHT USE, INCREASE PATIENT SATISFACTION AND SAFETY

Study Suggests Use of One- or Two-Hour Rounding Helps Nursing Staff Anticipate Patient Needs and Reduces Interruptions in Caregiving That Can Lead to Errors

Discharge Call Manager (DCM): Follow Up Interviews with Early Adopters of the Software

This research study was conducted in May-June 2007 of 14 facilities in an effort to gather opinions from the early adopters of Discharge Call Manager. The results found an abundance of positive feedback in regards to the application's efficiency and effectiveness.

Final Results Summary: Emergency Department Rounding Study

This study was designed to determine the most effective type of rounding in Emergency Departments and expand our array of rounding tools and interventions that were initially documented in the Hourly Rounding Study (AJN, September 2006).

Meeting Research Study

Meetings dominate the way many companies do business today. One study found that approximately 11 million meetings occur in the U.S. every day. Another found that most professionals attend a total of 61.8 meetings per month and other research indicates that over 50 percent of this meeting time is wasted.

Organizational Change Process in High Performing Organizations

This study examined how seven health care facilities evolved to become "high performing" organizations. They were classified as such based on significant progress sustained over at least three years in patient and employee satisfaction, reduced employee turnover, increased market share or financial performance, and improvements in each facility’s own quality indicators

Setting the Stage: Hourly Rounding Tools

In our study on Reducing Call Lights we used the tactic of Hourly Rounding. Click on this link to access the four tools used. This will allow you to complete your own study by implementing rounding and tracking your results. Our results will be released in the September AJN – see if your results match ours…38% reduction in call lights, 50% reduction in patient falls, 14% reduction in skin breakdowns, and improved patient satisfaction by 12 mean points.