Fig. 4.1 NPC-QIC key driver diagram Fig. 4.2 NPC-QIC outcome measures Team Recruitment An initial group of six teams from clinical sites that perform stage 1 Norwood palliation were used…
Fig. 20.1 Process flow of mechanical ventilation (MV) support in the CICU. Duration of MV is frequently the rate-limiting process in terms of duration of stay in the CICU. The…
Fig. 34.1 OR-adjacent Induction Room: Layout illustrating OR-adjacent induction rooms (often referred to as “anaesthesia rooms” (Used with permission from Stantec Architecture, Inc. ©2013 Stantec) In contrast, in-room induction –…
Fig. 32.1 Schematic of evolving patient data. Data that is observed only intermittently (a) may not reveal critical underlying clinical trends (b). Variety Data in critical care comes from multiple…
Component Catheterization laboratory Intensive care unit/ECMO Care Cardiac operating room Personnel Catheterizer Intensivist Surgeon Catheter technician Surgeon Assistant surgeon Anesthesiologist Nurse Anesthesiologist Nurse Respiratory therapist Scrub nurse Trainees ECMO specialist/perfusionist…
Property Type 1 processes Type 2 processes Decision making Intuitive Analytical Heuristic Normative Associative Deductive Concrete Abstract Proportion of cognitive time High Low Awareness Low High Automaticity, reflexivity High Low…
1. Structure (a) Facility (b) Equipment (c) Staff 2. Process (a) Patient selection (b) Study performance (c) Study interpretation (d) Study reporting 3. Outcome (a) Death (b) Disease (c) Discomfort…
Fig. 3.1 The plan-do-study-act cycle (Adapted from Langley et al. [6]) Fig. 3.2 The Model for Improvement, which incorporates the plan-do-study-act cycle (Adapted from Langley et al. [6]) 1. What…
PARS is Employed by Dr. Uro’s Organization PARS was launched at Celestial Medical Center (the organization with which Dr. Uro’s Department is affiliated) only after Vanderbilt’s Center for Patient and…
This equation is critical because the focus has to be primarily on delivering high–quality care. If high-quality care can be delivered, the next focus is to provide it at the…
