RWJF Final Report on PD MRSA Prevention Partnership
Oct, 2008 - Lindberg, Curt; Lloyd, Jon; Buscell, Prucia
Article/Report
Bibliographic:
Lindberg, C., Lloyd, J, & Buscell, P. "RWJF Final Report", Plexus Institute, October 2008.
Description:
In 2006 Plexus Institute received a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to introduce Positive Deviance (PD) in the US healthcare system by helping a network of hospitals employ PD to tackle the challenging problem of MRSA transmissions. With the Positive Deviance Initiative, CDC, Delmarva Foundation, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT, Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, KY, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, a PD Prevention Partnership. The Partnership has worked actively to support PD efforts in the participating hospitals and to share with experiences and results with with hospitals and healthcare organizations dedicated to new ways of addressing this seemingly intractable problem.
This report presents a summary of the accomplishments and lessons from the PD MRSA Prevention Partnership.
Contact Information:
Curt Lindberg
Plexus Institute
Curt@PlexusInstitute.org
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