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(by) Charlene Harrington, RN, PhD, FAAN
The UCSF/Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence (UCSF/HCGNE), in conjunction with the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), has joined a multi-state effort, known as the Nursing Home Collaborative (NHC), to improve the quality of care delivered to residents in the nation's nursing homes.
During a one-year planning project, with $500,000 in funding from the Atlantic Philanthropies, the five Centers involved in the NHC will develop and refine an evidence-based professional practice model to transform care in the nation's nursing homes.
The Center is collaborating with four other HCGNE Centers located at the Universities of Arkansas, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and the Oregon Health Sciences University.
In addition to collaborating with co-investigators from the four other Centers, the UCSF/ HCGNE team is working with colleagues at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, Irvine.
The Center has also enlisted representatives to serve on an advisory committee from major statewide organizations who share our commitment to improving quality, including: Aging Services of California, the California Association of Health Facilities, the California Culture Change Coalition, the California HealthCare Foundation, and Lumetra, a quality improvement organization that is affiliated with quality improvement initiatives being undertaken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The UCSF project team, under the joint leadership of Professor Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Director of the UCSF/HCGNE and Professor Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, APRN, FAAN, UCSF/HCGNE Director, along with Eric Collier, PhilC, RN, Project Coordinator, will focus on the development of core principles and interventions that will be incorporated into the professional practice model. These include:
It is anticipated that the findings from this effort can then be translated to cultivate practice changes on a national scale in all U.S. nursing facilities.
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Revised: Feb. 2008
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