Geisinger's ProvenCare methodology: driving performance improvement within a shared governance structure
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Published on: February 16, 2011
Ruth Nolan1, Andrea Wary, Megan King
1Women's Health Service Line, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822, USA. ranolan@geisinger.edu
Abstract:
Many performance improvement projects fail because they occur in parallel to the organization's shared governance structure. Leveraging the full potential of its nursing shared governance structure, Geisinger Health System's ProvenCare methodology harnessed the full potential of its staff nurses to create truly reliable workflows that benefit patients and that the team finds professionally satisfying. Using ProvenCare Perinatal and its smoking cessation education intervention and outcomes as an example, the authors describe the ProvenCare methodology.
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