What's New | December 08, 2008

Linking Clinical Practices and the Community

The featured innovations focus on improving service coordination and delivery through collaborative arrangements among health care providers and community organizations.

Featured Innovations:

• Automated Clinician Prompts and Referrals Facilitate Access to Counseling Services, Leading to Positive Behavior Changes Among Patients

• Community Coalition Connects Medical Practices to Community Resources, Leading to Improved Asthma and Diabetes Outcomes in At-Risk Populations

Featured QualityTools:

• How to Develop a Statewide System to Link Families With Community Resources: A Manual Based on "Help Me Grow"
Developed by Carey Consulting; Connecticut Children's Medical Center; Connecticut Children's Trust Fund; The Child Health and Development Institute of CT

• National Organizations That Offer Services to People With Cancer and Their Families
Developed by National Cancer Institute

• Where to Seek Help—A Bright Futures Referral Tool for Providers
Developed by Georgetown University, Center for Child & Human Development; National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health

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Also in This Issue:

Innovations >

• Independent Educators Give Clinicians Unbiased Information About Brand Name and Generic Drugs, Leading to Lower Costs and High Levels of Physician Satisfaction

• Preoperative Safety Briefing Reduces Wrong-Site Surgery and Nursing Turnover, Enhances Safety Attitude

• Standardized Contact Process Based on Individual Physician Preferences Saves Nurses Significant Time When Trying to Reach Doctors

• Sepsis Alert Program Leads to More Timely Diagnosis and Treatment, Reducing Morbidity, Mortality, and Length of Stay

QualityTools >

• A Comprehensive List of Tools to Implement the Anticoagulation Management System
Developed by Cedar Rapids Healthcare Alliance

• Community Services Locator: An Online Directory for Finding Community Services for Children and Families
Developed by Maternal and Child Health Library

• Community-Acquired Pneumonia Admission Orders
Developed by Pneumonia Best Practice Team - Presbyterian Hospital

• RxFacts.org
Developed by Independent Drug Information Service