Rapid Response System Collaborative: Publications
Quality Collaborative, Spring 2010
This issue offers one hospital’s perspective on parallels between its quality improvement work and its efforts to prevent the spread of H1N1. A participant in the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program is interviewed about the project he undertook through the program and its results. Other articles highlight successes of the Rapid Response System Collaborative (a significant reduction in code-blue calls) and the C. difficile Collaborative (an 18 percent infection rate decline).
Quality Collaborative, Winter 2009/2010
The winter 2009/2010 issue of Quality Collaborative features a guest column by Dr. Daniel Aronzon, president and CEO of Vassar Brothers Medical Center, about the Rapid Response System Collaborative, a story about a Critical Care Leadership Network-hosted symposium, a story about the launch of a new antibiotic management program, and an interview with Dr. Rohit Bhalla, chief quality officer at Montefiore Medical Center, about addressing preventable hospital readmissions.
Blueprint Summer 2009
The latest issue of the Fund's newsletter spotlights the Fund's comprehensive new look at the state of New York's insurance market, a "culture-changing" program helping two hospitals encourage breastfeeding, updates on other Fund initiatives, and more.
Quality Collaborative, Winter 2008/09
The winter 2008/09 issue of Quality Collaborative presents stories on the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program, the new MRSA Collaborative, and the focus on collaboratives at an APIC event, as well as a guest column by Mather Hospital president Kenneth Roberts.
Quality Collaborative, Summer 2008
The Summer 2008 issue of Quality Collaborative includes articles on the collaborative model, the Perinatal Safety Collaborative, and the Rapid Response System Collaborative, as well as a gust column by NSLIJ president Michael J. Dowling.
