"Pulse has a wonderful advocacy program where they teach us how to be good advocates, not only for ourselves, but for our families...
...We need to be empowered, and the word empowerment means knowing what do to, when do to it. But also, and this is where Pulse is very important, they give people the skills on how to do it...
...It's an organization that helps the consumer learn how to be a patient. We don't know how to be a patient, and unfortunately because of that we have poor outcomes."
— Dr. Maryanne McGuckin
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Dr. McGuckin’s book received the ForeWord Review's Book of the Year – Gold Award – for excellence in healthcare reading..
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Dr. McGuckin’s book received the ForeWord Review's Book of the Year – Gold Award – for excellence in healthcare reading..
Learn MoreDr. McGuckin and McGuckin Methods International pioneer research and programs in patient empowerment and consumer education.
As educators,our experience is providing knowledge. As practitioners, we help consumers gain valuable skills needed to practice good healthcare awareness.
We do it with can-do encouragement for consumers and healthcare workers: yes, we can work together to reduce healthcare-associated infections, improve healthcare service quality, and ensure a safe healthcare experience!
Dr. McGuckin's collaboration in the areas of research and professional development have culminated in directing recent studies in consumer infection reporting, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Public Health Law Research program, and as one of the lead authors for the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care, part of the Global Patient Safety Challenge.
Consumers and healthcare-associated infections
• Consumer attitudes
• Consumer awareness and engagement
Consumer/healthcare partnership strategies
• Research/program review 1997-2012
• WHO Guideline on Hand Hygiene (ch.5)
• A win-win strategy
Elementary Schools
• Hand hygiene reduces absenteeism
• Who washes after using the bathroom?
• Day care
• Health services research
• Educational programs for community events, workplace, and schools
• Keynote speaking
• Individual advocacy• Guest expert interviews
○ NBC News
○ TV
○ Online interviews
Dr. McGuckin's award-winning research and multinational sabbaticals highlight her commitment to exploring the issues that impact healthcare quality. She collaborates with some of the word's leading faculty and practitioners in patient safety, and has mentored many emerging professionals who advocate for patient empowerment, consumer education, and healthcare safety.
Dr. McGuckin's work informs patient safety initiatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and The Joint Commission.
(Right) Dr. McGuckin, visiting researcher at Oxford University. (Bottom) Dr. McGuckin with Dr. Didier Pittet and his team at University of Geneva Hospital
• Consumer awareness
• Infection reporting
• Compliance
• Health law
For a complete summary, click here to view Dr. McGuckin's Curriculum Vitae.
For over three decades, Dr. McGuckin has advised legal teams across the U.S. on topics related to hospital infections. She also serves as advisor to healthcare teams on legal issues pertinent to their delivery of care.
As an expert witness, Dr. McGuckin thoroughly reviews the facts, and applies her years of practical experience and academic research to areas where improvements in practice can, and should, be implemented. She knows how to prioritize information so that the pertinent issues are given top attention. She knows what questions to ask in order to get the best knowledge for the best results. Her goal is to ensure safe care for patients and consumers.
(Pictured: Keynote speaker at Delmarva Foundation.)
• Healthcare-associated infections
• Surgical site errors
• Accidental death
• CLE Continuing Legal Education Research
• Healthcare-associated infection malpractice claims descriptive review
• Malpractice claims involving nosocomial infections (Nursing Director's Focus v1n2) Memberships
• HGExperts
Often referred to as a pioneer in hand hygiene compliance measurement, Dr. McGuckin and the McGuckin Methods International team are a driving force in hand hygiene compliance monitoring, developing and proving methodology that is effective at gathering data for team feedback in hand hygiene performance.
Several hundred hospitals in the USA and abroad have implemented the program, and The Joint Commission monograph on hand hygiene compliance includes several different versions of the McGuckin program, within their recommended methods to overcome the challenges of monitoring hand hygiene adherence.
We have detailed this program methodology in several peer-reviewed scientific articles and abstracts, and it is applicable in any type or size of heatlhcare facility.
Individual facilities
• Rehabilitation Hospital
• Acute Care
• Multiple hospitals (PDF)
Aggregate
• Pre vs. post WHO Guide
• Pre vs. post Novel A H1N1
• Soap vs. Sanitizer compliance (photo below)
We have proven a cost-effective, easily implemented hand hygiene compliance measurement program freely available.
• Program method (AJMQ 2008)
• Note on program (PDF)
Additional compliance boosters include electronic interventions. Though not our methodology nor endorsement, we provide this guide for the Infection Prevention team to help you make an informed decision
.• Guide to electronic interventions
• What to ask manufacturers (PDF)
McGuckin Methods International is a healthcare research and consulting firm headed by Dr. Maryanne McGuckin. She has nearly forty years of experience in infection prevention as faculty and staff of University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. McGuckin created Partners In Your Care, a hand hygiene program which combines monitoring and patient empowerment used in several hundred hospitals. Dr. McGuckin served on task forces for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
Dr. McGuckin is highly regarded in the medical field and has been a featured speaker at medical seminars and scientific meetings such as the CDC, Joint Commission, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Her work has appeared in the American Journal of Infection Control, American Journal of Medical Technology, Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, The American Journal of Infection Control and Epidemiology, The American Journal of Surgery The Journal of Urology, and The New York Academy of Science. Dr. McGuckin is an expert source for national print and broadcast media including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Dateline, 60 Minutes, and MSNBC.
John Govednik, M.S. — Program Management, Hospital and Consumer Affairs
John Govednik is the co-principal investigator, program manager, and PSO (Patient Safety Organization) compliance officer for McGuckin Methods International, working with several hundred hospitals in the USA and abroad on measurement, compliance, and empowerment. He has authored articles for AJMQ, ICHE, and PSQH, and has presented at APIC, IDSA, SHEA, and for several healthcare organizations. He has served on the National Directorate Board of the ACPA's health policy commission and has held leadership and faculty positions in higher education administration, education assessment, and health education. Mr. Govednik is an alumnus of Santa Clara University and Indiana University.
Jessica Bunson, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC — Infection Prevention - Healthcare, Child Care, Legal Issues
Jessica Bunson has a nearly 30 year career in infection prevention, serving acute care hospitals, child care services, community nursing services, nursing homes, school nursing, physician office practices, and legal consulting. An alumna of the University of Pennsylvania, she has presented and published for the Association of Professionals in Infection Control in the areas of day care infection prevention and rehabilitation hospital hand hygiene compliance. She has prepared hospitals in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey for successful Joint Commission Surveys.
Richard Waterman, PhD. — Health Information/Statistics
Richard Waterman is the statistics consultant for MMI and President of Analytic Business Services, Inc. (AnaBus), a quantitative research consulting group with expertise in pharmaceutical and biotech industries, government, and finance/private sectors. He has over thirty years of consulting experience, and has published several studies on healthcare infection prevention. Dr. Waterman is an Adjunct Associate Professor for the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business MBA program.
John L. Guinan, BS — Business Affairs
Jack Guinan is Vice President of MMI and financial manager. A Villanova alumnus, he has over 40 years of experience in banking, business development and management.
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