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Arkansas
Success
Stories: ARKANSAS
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- Sparks Regional
Medical Center in Fort Smith nearly doubles the use of an effective
treatment for heart attack: Staff at Sparks Regional Medical Center worked with the Arkansas QIO,
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, to implement a quality improvement
program designed to promote facility-wide adherence to evidence-based
guidelines. One major successful outcome has been the increased use
of beta-blockers at admission to treat AMI from 56% in January 2002
to 92% in February 2003. Beta-blockers given at discharge increased
from 53% to 91% in the same period.
- White County
Medical Center Home Health in Searcy significantly improves care for
surgical wounds: Working
with the Arkansas QIO, Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, the White
County Medical Center Home Health department increased improvement
of surgical wounds to 74% in early 2003 from 56% in 2002. White County
established a wound care committee of home care and hospital staff
to provide continuity of patient care. The team invited wound care
specialists to educate them on available wound care products. After
products were selected, the committee established new wound care protocols.
Workshops were held to educate staff in home care and the hospital
and their roles in wound healing. These changes required multidisciplinary
involvement, quarterly reporting of progress, staff participation,
and orientation of new staff as they were hired.
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