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Partnering with technology to reduce OB losses
Author(s) -
Smith Larry L.,
Berry Dorothy
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of healthcare risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2040-0861
pISSN - 1074-4797
DOI - 10.1002/jhrm.5600270406
Subject(s) - general partnership , protocol (science) , task (project management) , health care , risk analysis (engineering) , business , task force , measure (data warehouse) , reduction (mathematics) , medical emergency , process management , operations management , computer science , medicine , data mining , engineering , alternative medicine , geometry , mathematics , systems engineering , finance , pathology , public administration , political science , economics , economic growth
Abstract Following a catastrophic birth injury that occurred as a result of deviations from the expected standards of care, the OB Risk Reduction Task Force of a healthcare network identified criteria to transform care at the bedside from theory to practice: 1) protocol‐driven, real‐time alerts to help healthcare providers meet clinical guidelines; and 2) the ability to produce reliable data to monitor and measure adherence to accepted standards of care. The group selected a technological solution to achieve that end. This case study illustrates how a strong partnership model between healthcare and technology solution providers can achieve much when both parties are focused on the same goals of performance improvement and active risk reduction.