Quality Winning Principle 3

Clinical decisions should be made on a daily basis to promote proactive case management.

This is not a stand alone principle: clinical decision-making is a key component across all improvements. Regular, timely clinical decision-making can make a significant impact on quality improvement, efficiency and the patients' experience.

Tried and tested approaches have successfully supported the above principles and realised the following benefits:

• Reduction in length of stay
• Proactive clinical decision-making
• Effective use of bed capacity
• Valuing patients' time
• Enhance clinical governance and risk management.

Winning Principle 3: Case Studies