Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions

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Giving Team Members a Voice

A Food and Nutrition team creates an environment where employees feel free to voice their opinions and ideas—and can expect action to be taken on their input.

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Baldwin Park Medical Center UBT Consultant Charisse Lewis; Administration Area Medical Director John Bigley; Critical Care RN Sheryl Magpali, UNAC/AFSCME; Critical Care and Clinical Operations Director Felipe Garcia.

Follow-Up Orders Save Lives

Adhering to important guidelines to keep patients safe and healthy after surgery was high after this team educated staff and coordinated with pharmacists and other teams to ensure compliance.

Why This Matters

VTE prophylaxis helps prevent post-operative complications.

Test of Change

Coordinating with pharmacies to keep with SCIP guidelines

Tags: Clinical Outcomes, Patient Safety, Quality, Service, Inpatient, Medical-Surgical, Pharmacy, Surgery

Two health care providers with a patient at her home

Giving Bad Joints the Boot

Instead of patients staying in the hospital two or three days, about 64 percent were discharged within a day of surgery.

Why This Matters

The best place to recover from joint replacement surgery is at home.

Test of Change

Nurses make post-discharge calls to patients and discuss at team huddles

Tags: Clinical Outcomes, Other