The Power of Involving House Staff in Quality Improvement: An Interdisciplinary House Staff-Driven Vaccination Initiative

The objective was to improve compliance with inpatient vaccination core measures to >96%. An educational slide set was created and distributed by the Housestaff Patient Safety and Quality Council (HPSQC). A competition was established among departments. Finally, the HPSQC partnered with quality improvement staff to improve communication and optimize concurrent review processes. The average compliance prior to the HPSQC vaccination initiative was 78% for pneumococcal pneumonia and 84% for influenza; average compliance in the months following the intervention was 96% and 97.5%, respectively. This project yielded significant improvement in compliance with vaccination core measures.

Source: American Journal of Medical Quality - July 7, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Peterson, S., Taylor, R., Sawyer, M., Nagy, P., Paine, L., Berenholtz, S., Miller, R., Petty, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: research