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http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/biggest-child-killers-worldwide-1.530307

Grady is accredited by the Joint Commission International(JCAHO), and one of their mandates is that patients who are admitted for pneumonia receive their antibiotics in under 6 hours. The problem is Grady's current process consistently gets them to 70-80% with occasional flashes of 100% for a week but does not let maintain their goal of 90%. The staff had currently been re-educated about the financial consequences of not meeting their goal. Because of this re-education, they have been at 100% for the past few weeks. There are occurrences however, where patients come in with complaints that are not the primary complaints associated with pneumonia when they come to the emergency room(ER), but later found they have pneumonia. Then they are justified for taking longer than 6 hours since the problem was with diagnosis not the process. Looking at medical charts from the patients who have taken longer than 6 hours to get their antibiotics to see if there is a possible trend(s) as to why they are taking longer than 6 hours should reveal the problems and lead to a solution.

Pneumonia can be treated easily if caught early, but if not is more deadly than HIV and Aids. The article above shows how deadly pneumonia can be if left untreated. While patients around Atlanta don't have to worry from dying from pneumonia, it does mean that Grady should have an effective process for diagnosing and treating patients with pneumonia.

Works Cited: "Biggest child-killers worldwide." //gulfnews.com// (2009): Web. 22 Nov 2009. .