Title: How Can Nurses Improve Patient Outcomes? | LU Online
Headings: How Can Nurses Improve Patient Outcomes?
How Can Nurses Improve Patient Outcomes?
Why Should Nurses Have a BSN?
What Is Being Done to Campaign for Quality Patient Care?
What Initiatives Support Better Patient Outcomes?
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Kaiser Permanente (KP)
Ascension Health

Content: Ensuring everyone can afford healthcare. The six priorities further expand on the three aims to provide optimal, affordable and effective patient care. In addition, the priorities focus on the significance of good communication and coordination of care and educating communities about healthy living choices. What Initiatives Support Better Patient Outcomes? The three largest healthcare systems in the country are incorporating information technology (IT) tools into the nursing practice to assist in providing improved patient care. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Nurses use data that helps them with clinical decision support (CDS), facilitates workflow and monitors improvements. A Real Time Locator System (RTLS) streamlines nursing and patient workflow by boosting communication to cut down on inefficiencies that impact patient care. Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) reduces the rate of medication errors. Kaiser Permanente (KP)
KP has the largest private electronic health record (EHR). The KP EHR has CDS tools built into it so nurses have access to evidence-based research, which they can apply to individualize care.