| In 2005 the NHA Board identified the following as the designed future for healthcare in Nebraska: In 2010, the Nebraska Hospital Association is the influential voice in the state for health care. Nebraska is home to healthy communities where hospitals are known as leaders of quality initiatives. Health care sets the standard for service excellence and Nebraska’s hospitals foster innovation. Working from this set of shared values, health care has come to be the industry of choice in the state. Nebraskans are assured access to health care; there is full coverage and a fair payment system in place.
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To help Nebraska’s hospitals achieve the goal of being leaders in quality initiatives, we will be sharing with you some of the quality initiatives that are taking place right now in Nebraska. Each month we will bring you an innovative, reproducible model of a healthcare quality initiative.
This month we feature Faith Regional health Services and their
Focus on Community-Acquired Pneumonia Care (CAP) program.
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Hospital of the month -
Faith Regional Health Services, Norfolk, NE
Focus on Community-Acquired Pneumonia Care
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Faith Regional Health
Services CAP Program
One of the organization's strategic initiatives is to become a regional
referral center with an emphasis on quality care for the services provided.
Improving care for community-acquired pneumonia was one step toward
achieving this strategic goal. CAP was identified as an area for improvement
after reviewing information regarding the variation in care for CAP patients
from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well as our
organizational baseline data. Core staff for this improvement effort
included representatives from infection control, medical staff, quality,
pharmacy, nursing and case management. Key concepts learned included the
importance of interdisciplinary input, continuous assessment, the need to
implement processes to sustain gains and keeping the focus of our efforts on
the value for patients.
If you have any questions or would like your hospital's quality
initiatives to be featured on the NHA Web site, contact Monica Seeland, Vice
President, Quality Initiatives, (402) 458-4914 or mseeland@nhanet.org.
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