Suzanne M Gillespie1, Tobie Olsan2, Dianne Liebel2, Xueya Cai3, Reginald Stewart2, Paul R Katz4, Jurgis Karuza5. 1. Division of Geriatrics and Aging, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY. Electronic address: suzanne_gillespie@urmc.rochester.edu. 2. School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. 3. Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY. 4. Department of Geriatrics, School of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. 5. Division of Geriatrics and Aging, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe the development of a nursing home (NH) quality improvement learning collaborative (QILC) that provides Lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and infrastructure support for quality assurance performance improvement change efforts. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-seven NHs located in the Greater Rochester, NY area. INTERVENTION: The learning collaborative approach in which interprofessional teams from different NHs work together to improve common clinical and organizational processes by sharing experiences and evidence-based practices to achieve measurable changes in resident outcomes and system efficiencies. MEASUREMENTS: NH participation, curriculum design, LSS projects. RESULTS: Over 6 years, 27 NHs from urban and rural settings joined the QILC as organizational members and sponsored 47 interprofessional teams to learn LSS techniques and tools, and to implement quality improvement projects. CONCLUSIONS: NHs, in both urban and rural settings, can benefit from participation in QILCs and are able to learn and apply LSS tools in their team-based quality improvement efforts. Published by Elsevier Inc.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the development of a nursing home (NH) quality improvement learning collaborative (QILC) that provides Lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and infrastructure support for quality assurance performance improvement change efforts. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-seven NHs located in the Greater Rochester, NY area. INTERVENTION: The learning collaborative approach in which interprofessional teams from different NHs work together to improve common clinical and organizational processes by sharing experiences and evidence-based practices to achieve measurable changes in resident outcomes and system efficiencies. MEASUREMENTS: NH participation, curriculum design, LSS projects. RESULTS: Over 6 years, 27 NHs from urban and rural settings joined the QILC as organizational members and sponsored 47 interprofessional teams to learn LSS techniques and tools, and to implement quality improvement projects. CONCLUSIONS: NHs, in both urban and rural settings, can benefit from participation in QILCs and are able to learn and apply LSS tools in their team-based quality improvement efforts. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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