Nurse Staffing Levels and Patient Outcomes
Study Workgroup
Meeting #5
1:30-3:00PM
March 25, 2014
Stassen Building, Room #2000
AGENDA
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Activities
Welcome & Agenda Overview- Diane / Stefan
Meeting goals
o Recap the advice of the group;
o Understand what data is available and pertinent
for the study;
o Understand the tentative study approach; and
o Collect group input
Introductions- Kris
Name & organization
Time
1:30
Recap of advice from the Workgroup- Beth
 Measuring nurse staffing
 Recognizing confounding factors (i.e. patient acuity, nurse
experience, hospital culture, hospital size and case-mix,
etc.)
Reality check- Stefan
 Availability of data (address the limitations of staffing and
outcome data)
 Timing
 Other
Tentative staged approach- Nate
 Short term (April – June 2014)
 Medium term (July – December 2014)
 Potentially longer term?
1:45
6.
Workgroup discussion to inform MDH’s approach- Stefan / Kris
 Choice of outcome measures
 Collection of data and pairing across service dates
 Other relevant decisions regarding MDH’s approach
2:15
7.
Next Steps
Will meet in fall 2014 to share what MDH has learned.
2:55
Adjourn
3:00
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1:35
1:55
2:05
Thank You!
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