Barlow Outcomes Book 2017

18 Outcomes 2017 Shaping Healthcare Decisions and National Benchmarks First published weaning protocol Barlow Respiratory Hospital was the first to develop and publish an evidence-based protocol for weaning ventilator-dependent chronically critically ill patients in the post-ICU setting. Our Therapist-Implemented Patient-Specific “TIPS © ” protocol has long been the standard of care at Barlow, and adopted by many hospitals nationwide and abroad, serving as a template for “best practice” models for weaning patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation. First multicenter study Barlow Respiratory Hospital served as the primary research site and leader of the only multicenter study to date of LTCH weaning outcomes. The results of the study are published as two papers in the journal Chest. A national presence Selected after a national call for nominations, Barlow staff holds membership on multiple technical expert panels (TEP) convened by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). A TEP is a group of stakeholders and experts who provide technical input on the development, selection, and maintenance of measures for which CMS contractors are responsible. Barlow representatives provide important input to the regulations that shape the quality measures for the Long-Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program, and care for chronically critically ill patients. Academic partner Barlow serves as a teaching hospital for medical students at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Barlow Respiratory Hospital also acts as a clinical training site for Respiratory Therapy, Nursing, Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapy and Clinical Nutrition allied health professionals. Educating medical professionals of the future to care for the chronically critically ill is a vital role we play in our community, and one in which we take great pride.