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Assessing Processes of Care to Promote Timely Initiation of Antibiotic Therapy for Emergency Department Patients Hospitalized for Pneumonia
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 10/05/09
Rodriguez KL et al. – TFAD relies on a series of complex, stepwise processes of care that involve numerous hospital departments and is often delayed by well–described barriers. Addressing these barriers, as well as involving facility leadership in setting institutional QI goals, could possibly improve performance on this pneumonia quality measure.
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