Implementing Patient Safety Initiatives in Rural Hospitals: An Evaluation of the Tennessee Rural Hospital Patient Safety Demonstration

Date
08/2007
Description

The Tennessee Rural Hospital Patient Safety Demonstration project included: 1) the implementation of three patient safety initiatives in eight rural Tennessee hospitals using a collaborative model and 2) an evaluation of the process and tools used in the implementation to inform future rural patient safety initiatives. Staff from the Tennessee Hospital Association, Q-Source (the state quality improvement organization), BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and the University of Southern Maine all provided technical assistance and resources to the hospitals. The Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center evaluated the project. Executive summary available online. Full report available on request by contacting raasc001@umn.edu.

Center
Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Jill Klingner, Ira Moscovice, Mary Wakefield, Marlene Miller