The Sullivan Group Launches New Triage Training Application
Shelley Cohen, RN, MSN, CEN and The Sullivan Group Release an Online Triage Assessment Tool
July 14, 2014 Oak Brook Terrace - The Sullivan Group is pleased to announce the release of a new online triage assessment tool that augments its existing online education offering geared towards the triage nursing community. Since launching the Triage Fundamentals Series in 2011, over 40,000 online courses have bee completed
The timely assessment and triaging of patients may mean the difference between a highly functioning Emergency Department and one fraught with complications. Adequately understanding and addressing factors that impact the quality of care provided to patients in the ED and the efficiency and competency of staff delivering that care is a complex task. It requires both a retrospective assessment of the actions and behaviors of team members and a prospective plan for performance improvement. Leveraging the proven RSQ® model that has led to consistent change in clinical behavior, TSG now offers a solution to provide triage nurses with both educational training and continuous feedback on their performance.
RSQ® Assessment for Triage
This online application is designed to engage staff in the process of assessing triage competency in the Emergency Department. Users benefit from interactive critical thinking tips that help refine their understanding of the CTAS and ESI classification systems. Clinical administrators benefit from the simplicity of validating triage competency with a series of automated reports. Analyzing performance in this manner enables nurse managers to identify those in need of remediation and recognize trends that could be present throughout the department.
TSG programs are an effective loss prevention tactic for insurance entities and aid hospitals in making performance-based decisions to improve patient care and maximize financial efficiency. Organizations implementing one or all of the solutions experience proven, measurable reductions in medical malpractice claims and situations that contribute to patient harm or financial loss.
About The Sullivan Group
In 1998, Dan Sullivan, MD, JD, FACEP, formed The Sullivan Group with the mission of improving patient safety, reducing medical errors, and lowering the incidence of malpractice claims. By leveraging research against technology, he developed RSQ® Solutions, a scalable, comprehensive program integrating the principles of Risk management, patient Safety, and Quality medical care into the practice high-risk medicine. Through its 15+ years of independent research into adverse outcomes, which includes an analysis of roughly 170,000 high-risk patients in Emergency Medicine and 14,000 patients in Obstetrics, The Sullivan Group has important Risk, Safety, and Quality clinical indicators that correlate to malpractice claims that stem from faulty diagnosis and other clinical issues.
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