Development of a National Network for Critical Care Improvement: the Partnership for Excellence in Critical Care
The Partnership for Excellence in Critical Care (PECC) was founded in September 2002 and consists of 18 core Academic Health Center based critical care sites that are administratively managed by the Center for Excellence in Critical Care at the University of Minnesota. The PECC's mission is to improve critical care through translation of research into practice. Membership in PECC is voluntary and current sites represent 75 research physicians, 37 research nurses, 33 research fellows, 8 research pharmacists and provide care to 391 critical care beds. The PECC has just completed its first multi-center project which describes the selection, implementation process, and outcome of adopting a single evidence-based best practice protocola daily spontaneous breathing trial for mechanically ventilated patients across eight PECC member institutions.