Quality & Risk Improvement

Tools and tactics for improving quality, patient satisfaction and reducing risk throughout your organization. Better inform patients and their families of what to expect for improved outcomes. Cost effectively determine the root causes of people/process problems to build reliability-focused health care organizations.

Health care today requires efficient, cost-effective tools to drive better patient care, improved patient safety and reduced risk. Driven by demands of accountability, public reporting of outcomes and accreditation -- private payers, government regulators and consumers are demanding better outcomes and lower costs. To achieve these goals, health care providers need reliable methods to identify and overcome problem areas in patient care delivery. The PROACT® Suite from Reliability Center Inc. (RCI) offers health care organizations powerful yet practical tools for this purpose. The PROACT® Suite combines the LEAP™ Opportunity Analysis (FMEA) and the PROACT® Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process to meet and exceed the expectations found in the JCAHO Patient Safety Standards. It goes further, providing health care providers with the ability to easily record and analyze data upon which to effect systemic change. And, unlike other tools, The PROACT® Suite enables users to recognize cost savings from their technology investment.  Reliability Center provides consulting and training to assist health care organizations effectively utilize PROACT tools. RCI’s PROACT® Suite can help your organization expand patient and process improvement initiatives – yielding better quality, greater safety, reduced costs and reduced risk from work process failures.

Robert J. Latino CEO P.O. Box 1421 Hopewell, VA  23860 (804) 458-0645 x. 302 (804) 452-2119 fax blatino@reliability.com www.reliability.com More Information

Germ Pro’s Persistent Action Plan uses the combination of two persistent (long lasting) products, our Hand Sanitizing Lotion and Surface Disinfectant to prevent Healthcare-Acquired Infections (HAIs) by killing  pathogens persistently before they can become infections. Germ Pro is hospital proven to reduce infection rates by 25% to 50% within 90 days. Such results have been third party verified by MedMined Tracking Software that showed a reduction of 176 fewer infections per year for a 220-bed hospital compared to the previous year. In March 2010, the CDC Decennial Conference Committee accepted for presentation and publication two peer review studies recognizing the effectiveness of Germ Pro's Persistent Action Plan. Both abstracts will be published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC).

Virginia Distributor:     Cordell Jeter 1210 Riverview Lane Woodbridge, Va.  22192 (571) 437-5861 (540) 709-7231 fax Cordell_Jeter@123GermFree.com www.GermProProducts.com More Information

Ryerson Healthcare Consultants (RHC) works with health care provider organizations to deliver extraordinary patient care in the most fiscally responsible way. RHC's Journey to Nursing Excellence® program is designed to create a workplace culture and nursing practices that support patient safety and high quality care, the basis of competition in health care today. This is the most effective and efficient strategy for recruiting and retaining top quality nurses, increasing physician and patient satisfaction and measurably improving patient outcomes. Significant cost savings also occur from reducing clinical staff turnover and decreasing patient length-of-stay. Complications, which lead to long hospitalizations and greater consumption of resources, negatively affect revenue. Overall, achieving Nursing Excellence lowers costs while accomplishing better patient outcomes

Thomas W. Northrop, FACHE Ryerson Healthcare Consultants (804) 405-4983 tnorthrop@ryersonhealthcareconsultants.com www.ryersonhealthcareconsultants.com More Information