A Community clinical nurse specialist and the network director of epilepsy/pulmonary DRG management, are featured in an in-depth video about Community Health Network’s world-class performance in preventing ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). All of the network’s seven ICUs have gone at least one year without a VAP.
The video serves as a VHA Inc. Leading Practice Blueprint that maps out all of the steps that have been proven to lead the most effective and efficient care for VAP. Produced by VHA, the video was developed after VHA recognized Community Hospital East as a leading practice hospital for its work in preventing VAP. The video will serve to educate and encourage 1,400 VHA member hospitals nationwide to adapt and adopt these practices into their patient care patterns.
“This is the ultimate jewel in our crown of safety and quality achievements. VHA thought so and blueprinted it for all of VHA,” says Glenn J. Bingle, M.D., chief medical officer and network vice president, medical and academic affairs.
