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The Transforming Care at the Bedside Toolkit


Description

This toolkit provides information for hospital units interested in adopting the "Transforming Care at the Bedside" (TCAB) model of nurse-initiated quality improvements. TCAB is a national program developed and managed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Its goal is to engage front-line hospital nurses and leaders at all levels of the organization to:

  • Improve the quality and safety of patient care on medical and surgical units
  • Increase the vitality and retention of nurses
  • Engage and improve the patient's and family members' experience of care
  • Improve the effectiveness of the entire care team

The toolkit contains the following information:

  • About TCAB
  • Getting started
  • Testing ideas
    • How to select ideas to test
    • How to establish measurements
    • How to test changes
    • Analyzing data
  • Implementing change
    • How to hardwire change
    • Innovations that work
    • When and how to spread
  • Additional resources
Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=30051&c=EMC-CA137

Developer

Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Funding Sources

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Institute for Healthcare Improvement


QualityTool Topic

Patient/Medication safety; Quality improvement strategies


History

  • Release Date: 06/2008
  • Original Summary: 09/2008
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QualityTool Classification

Patient Care Process:
IOM Domains of Quality:
QualityTool Format:

Last updated: February 16, 2009.