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2014 Improvement Science Summit

Date: August 5 – 6, 2014
Location: Grand Hyatt Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX

The Improvement Science Summit is the official conference of the Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN). Philosophically aligned with the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, the goals of the ISRN are to accelerate improvement by conducting interprofessional landmark multisite studies and to enhance translation of research findings into health care.

Transforming health care through quality improvement and patient safety initiatives is a national priority. This innovative 1 1/2 day conference focused on advancing healthcare improvement.

This project was supported by grant number R13HS021834 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

YearTitle
2014A Randomized Controlled Trial: Comparison of Three Dressings Following Surgery
2014An Interprofessional Education Program to Enhance Quality Patient Outcomes
2014Back Up That Case: A New Perspective on the Reverse Case Study
2014Beyond Professional Practice: Teaching Nursing Students to Care
2014Building Evidence: Increasing the RN role in Diabetes Management
2014Building Leadership Capacity of Frontline Nurses through Mentoring
2014Building Professional Confidence: The Effect of Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training
2014Care Transition for Newborns: Home Visitation for Newborn Health
2014Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Prevention: Implementation of a Nurse-Driven Protocol
2014Civility Training for Nursing Students Made Easy: A Pilot Project
2014Clinical Integration across Yale New Haven Health System: the ÒTriple AimÓ in Action
2014Clinical Scholar Connection with Baccalaureate Education
2014Creating a Culture for EBP in Rural Healthcare Institutes with Limited Resources
2014Developing an Evidence-Based Culture: A Grounded Theory Approach
2014Development of a Protocol to Improve Postoperative Handoffs
2014Devoid of Catheters - Strategies to Reduce CAUTI's
2014EBP Education at Palacky University, Czech Republic
2014Educational Outreach Visits to Improve Venous Thromboembolism Prevention
2014Face Off Against Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections
2014Factors Influencing Alarm Modification in a Nursing Organization
2014Improvement of Education of Evidence Based Healthcare Approach in School of Medicine and Dentistry and School of Health Sciences
2014Improvements in Post-Operative Glycemic Control in Cardiac Surgery Patients
2014Infographics Application in Care Quality Improvement
2014Lessons Learned from Multisite STAR- 2 Collaboration at ChildrenÕs Healthcare of Atlanta
2014Measuring the Effect of Clinical Decision Support on Nursing EBP
2014Needs-Driven Pediatric Population Segmentation Informing Child & Family Centered Care Management
2014Nursing Grand Rounds for Patient Teaching: An Innovative Clinical Education Strategy
2014Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators in the Perinatal Setting
2014Patient Falls in Labor & Delivery
2014Perceptions, Coping, and Appraisal of South Asians with CAD
2014Power in Partnerships: Collaborating for Excellence in Evidence-Based Practice
2014Pre-Operative High-Fidelity Simulation Education for Veterans
2014Proving Competence: Evidence of Excellence in Nurse Anesthesia Practice
2014QIT Intervention Improving Health Communication During Facility Transfer
2014Quality Sciences in Healthcare: Rapid Cycle Improvement
2014Safety: Do Soft Skills Make a Hard Impact?
2014Say No to Pneumonia: A Quality Improvement Study to Increase Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates
2014STAR-R (Sage, Timely, Adages for Research-the Reality): UTMB and STAR-2
2014Structuring Quality Improvement Benchmark Data in Assisted Living
2014Teaching Applied Informatics for Graduate Nursing Students- Integrating New Trends in Informatics and Business Process Improvement, Quality and Safety Concepts
2014Transformational Leadership in a Pathway to Excellence¨ Journey
2014Transforming Staff Nurses Professional Practice through Immersion in Evidence-based practice
2014Utilizing Collaborative Learning for Regional Behavioral Health Improvement
2014Web-Based Evidence Based Practice Educational Intervention to Improve EBP Competence Among BSN-Prepared Pediatric Bedside Nurses: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study