Reliable adherence to a COPD care bundle mitigates system-level failures and reduces COPD readmissions: A system redesign using improvement science

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 908-918

  Zafar, Muhammad Ahsan ^a,b   Panos, Ralph J ^a,c   Ko, Jonathan ^d   Otten, Lisa C ^d   Gentene, Anthony ^d,e   Guido, Maria ^d,e   Clark, Katherine ^a   Lee, Caroline ^a   Robertson, Jamie ^a   Alessandrini, Evaline A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b James M Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease management; Quality improvement; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARE BUNDLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85032871651     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006529     Document Type: Article

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