Positive Deviance and MRSA
The Plexus Institute PD MRSA Prevention Partnership involves collaboration among a network of hospitals, PD facilitators, Positive Deviance Initiative, CDC, and Delmarva Foundation/Maryland Patient Safety Center. The Partnership is committed to pioneering the use Positive Deviance in MRSA prevention. Here you will find resources on PD and MRSA along with stories about the efforts in hospitals to eliminate MRSA transmissions through the active and genuine engagement of staff..
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On the Edge: Nursing in the Age of Complexity
This book, the first to address complexity science and nursing, is a product of the Plexus Institute science and nursing communities. It addresses the broad implications of the science for nursing practice, research, policy making and leadership.
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Pathways to Prevention
Certain patterns of human relationship emerge in tandem with successful infection control.
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RWJF Final Report on PD MRSA Prevention Partnership
This report was submitted to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and presents a summary of the accomplishments and lessons from the PD MRSA Prevention Partnership. This partnership was dedicated to pilot testing the social change process Positive Deviance in hospital efforts to reduce MRSA infections.
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Understanding Healing Relationships in Primary Care
Clinicians often have an intuitive understanding of how their relationships with patients foster healing.Recent research shows clinicians practice three processes foster healing relationships: valuing thepatient, and beingnonjudgmental; using power in ways that benefit the patient, and being committed to the patient over time.
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Multi-Center Prevention Effort Significantly Cuts MRSA
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Findings on an Intervention to Prevent MRSA transmissions presented in an abstract at Society for Healthcafe Epidemiology of America (SHEA) conference
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Positive Deviance Found to Help Fight Drug-Resistant Infections
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CDC Analysis Finds a Unique Social and Behavior Intervention called Positive Deviance Helps Reduce MRSA Rates Up To 62% in Study Hospitals.
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Atul Gawande remembers Jerry Sternin and calls on Positive Deviant doctors to save the soul of medicine.
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Dr. Gawande, a surgeon and author, celebrates the work of his friend, Jerry Sternin. Read his address to graduating medical students and his view on care and cost.
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Mind and Machine: Virtual Partner Interaction
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Dr. J.A. Scott Kelso and colleagues have created a groundbreaking hybrid system that lets scientists explore humans and machines interacting in real time.
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Positive Deviance-Busting the MRSA Myth
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Jul 8 2009
This one day conference at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom will explore how Positive Deviance processes can help address seemingly intractable problems in healthcare and other fields.
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Power of Social Networks: Mapping, Analyzing, Leveraging
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Jul 9 2009
Learn with June Holley, network weaver and pioneer of social network mapping, in a free webinar
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On the Edge- Nursing and Healthcare in the Age of Complexity, 2nd annual conference and Leadership in the 21st Century Course
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Jul 12 2009 to Jul 14 2009
Join us for our 2nd annual On the Edge conference and course, Nursing and Health Care Leadership in the 21st Century. July 12-14, 2009
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PlexusCalls: Passion, Purpose and Organizations
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Jul 24 2009
Guests: Alaina Love, Marc Cugnon and Henri Lipmanowicz
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Lisa Kimball
Lisa Kimball has worked for more than 25 years with clients including government agencies, corporations, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions to design and facilitate organizational change and development efforts. For the past three years she has been working with hospitals and health care facilities applying Positive Deviance methodology to the problem of eliminating transmission of hospital acquired "superbug" infections. She has trained PD consultants and coaches as well as designed and developed materials to support hospital teams to use and train others to use PD methods.
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