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Your
Hospital Can Get Life-Changing
Results From Implementing The LifeWings Patient Safety System:
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Total elimination of
wrong surgeries
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Statistically significant improvement
in attitudes of care givers toward using teamwork and communication
to provide better care1
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75% improvement in
pre-procedure
antibiotic administration
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50% improvement in
observed to expected mortality
ratios
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40% decrease in Class 1 surgical
infections
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57% improvement in observed to
expected mortality with patients with risk of mortality of less than
10%
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Improvement in
employee satisfaction
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50.1% reduction in
surgical counts errors2
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51% improvement in
OR turnaround times
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Reduction in
nurse turnover to less than 2%
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Reduction in nurse-physician
occurrence reports
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Improvement in patient satisfaction
survey results
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Improvement in adherence to
diabetes treatment protocols and clinically
significant improvements in patient outcomes3
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Decrease of patient visit time by 10
minutes3
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Reduction in time-to-train for new
hire employees3
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Approximately 50% decrease in open
claims files for potentially compensable events
2RM Rivers,Diane Swain, and Bill Nixon
“Using aviation safety measures to enhance patient outcomes,” AORN Journal 2003; 77:158.
3Taylor, C.R., Hepworth, J.T., Buerhaus,
P.I., Dittus,
R., Speroff, T. (September, 2005).Using Crew Resource Management to
improve diabetes care in a primary
care setting. Proceedings of the 2nd
Safety Across High-Consequence
Industries conference. St. Louis, MO.
The Benefits Of The LifeWings System:
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A better environment for your physicians to
practice medicine, thus improved physician satisfaction;
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A better work environment for your nurses and
staff, thus improved employee satisfaction, less nurse turnover, lower
replacement and “agency” costs;
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Better care for your patients, thus improved
patient satisfaction leading to improved market share;
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Fewer undetected and uncorrected errors by your
care givers leading to safer and better quality care for your patients
and thus fewer malpractice claims;
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Improved processes leading to increased efficiency
and thus greater profitability;
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A hardwired, embedded system providing enduring
results due to permanent behavior change of your staff and providing a
ROI on your training investment for years to come;
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Improved communication and teamwork between your
management staff and your physicians;
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A comprehensive system to help you meet IHI, The Joint
Commission,
NQF, and ACGME safety goals and core competencies;
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A system to provide over 25% of the points you need
to gain Leapfrog certification;
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Safer care with better quality of outcomes and with
less cost and higher profitability;
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Guaranteed results.
Who We Are And What We Do:
LifeWings Partners LLC is a
team
of physicians, nurses, pilots, former astronauts, physician executives,
and insurance experts that have adapted, for use in healthcare, the same
teamwork training concepts and safety tools that have made commercial
aviation so safe and reliable.
By implementing for healthcare organizations the
training and safety tools from aviation and other high reliability
organizations, LifeWings has improved the safety, quality, and
profitability of over
75 clients,
representing over 30,000 physicians, nurses, staff and administrators.
Our clients include hospitals, clinics, ASC,
insurance carriers, and hospital management companies. Hospital
departments trained include Perioperative Services, Surgical Services,
Trauma, Emergency Medicine, Cath Labs, Lab services, OB/GYN, Labor
Delivery, Day Surgery, Intensive Care Units, Sterile Processing, Family
Practice, Executive Staff, and Plant Services.
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