@article{e3b0bcb30ea144f9b5f6ae9031dd424f,
title = "Enhancing the Quality of Care in the Intensive Care Unit. A Systems Engineering Approach",
abstract = "This article presents an overview of systems engineering and describes common core principles found in systems engineering methodologies. The Patient Care Program Acute Care Initiative collaboration between the Armstrong Institute of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which will use systems engineering to reduce patient harm in the intensive care unit, is introduced. Specific examples of applying a systems engineering approach to the Patient Care Program Acute Care Initiative are presented.",
keywords = "Health care quality, Health care systems, Intensive care units, Patient harms, Systems engineering",
author = "Tropello, {Steven P} and Ravitz, {Alan D.} and Mark Romig and Pronovost, {Peter J} and Adam Sapirstein",
note = "Funding Information: Funding sources: This work has been funded by The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and The Systems Institute of Johns Hopkins University . Additional support includes: Mr Ravitz: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Grant 1R18HS020460 ; Dr Romig: Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine; Dr Pronovost: none; Dr Sapirstein: Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine. Funding Information: Conflict of interest: Dr Tropello, Mr Ravitz, Dr Romig, and Dr Sapirstein have no conflicts to report. Dr Pronovost has received funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institutes of Health, RAND, and the Commonwealth Fund for research related to measuring and improving patient safety; honoraria from various hospitals and health care systems and the Leigh Bureau to speak on quality and safety; consultancy with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and book royalties for Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care From the Inside Out. ",
year = "2013",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.ccc.2012.10.009",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "29",
pages = "113--124",
journal = "Critical care clinics",
issn = "0749-0704",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders Ltd",
number = "1",
}