Of the ten (10) Learning Network participating hospitals, four were selected to receive an additional grant to implement and evaluate a specific innovative program of their own design. Those four demonstrations included:
Boston Medical Center
Tested whether careful scheduling of elective surgery - initially cardiothoracic and vascular surgery - could effectively "smooth" a facility's patient flow and ultimately reduce ambulance diversions.
Grady Hospital
Created a new seven-bed Care Management Unit designed to provide both clinical and case management services to a core group of patients, including those with diagnoses of asthma, chest pain, heart failure and hyperglycemia. The goals were reducing hospital admissions and increasing utilization of community resources for patient care.
The Regional Medical Center at Memphis and the FedEx Institute for Supply Chain Management
Determined the feasibility and applicability of using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track ED trauma patients.
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Reduced ED wait times and increased patient satisfaction by implementing early care at triage through dedicated physician and nurse teams.
