"Through adoption of a shared goal, application of improvement methodology including the model for improvement to test new innovations, and promotion of a safety culture in the AAU, cardiac arrests were successfully reduced to <1/1000 admissions per month with an associated significant fall in mortality. This was achieved with negligible cost."
Reducing cardiac arrests in the acute admissions unit: a quality improvement journey
DJ Beckett, M Inglis, S Oswald, E Thomson, W Harley, J Wilson, RC Lloyd, KD Rooney
BMJ Quality & Safety, 2013, 7(17)
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QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) aims to help NHS organisations deliver higher quality care and operate more efficiently and effectively. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has set up a programme to implement QIPP across the trust. This blog, delivered by the RFH Medical Library, will highlight latest papers about QIPP to support the Trust as they carry out this work.
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