Nursing case managers, information technology
staff, nursing administrators, and unit leaders agreed to work together to make patient ambulation a higher
priority. The project team developed and implemented several information technology strategies, described
below, to improve ambulation and its documentation
specifically on the colorectal and urologic general
surgery units. Administrative data on complications,
length of stay, and cost of care were used to evaluate the impact of increased ambulation on surgical recovery.
Second, although there were a variety
of areas within the nursing documentation system
to document ambulation, none was readily viewable
by other providers who needed to know this information.
We addressed both problems in the quality
improvement intervention described here.
Nursing case managers, information technologystaff, nursing administrators, and unit leaders agreed to work together to make patient ambulation a higherpriority. The project team developed and implemented several information technology strategies, describedbelow, to improve ambulation and its documentationspecifically on the colorectal and urologic generalsurgery units. Administrative data on complications,length of stay, and cost of care were used to evaluate the impact of increased ambulation on surgical recovery.Second, although there were a varietyof areas within the nursing documentation systemto document ambulation, none was readily viewableby other providers who needed to know this information.We addressed both problems in the qualityimprovement intervention described here.
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