Promising Practices
Feature
A collection of success stories on quality improvement from the front lines of American health care, providing free access to strategies used by hospitals and medical practices nationwide to improve care.
You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 797 results
Sort results by:
Improving Health Care Quality and Equity: Considerations for Building Partnerships Between Provider Practices and Community Organizations
April 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
As many as 85 percent of primary care physicians (PCPs) feel that to achieve good health outcomes, it is as important to address patients’ resource and social constraints as it is to treat their medical conditions.
Expert Panel Review of Aligning Forces for Quality
November 1, 2012 | Report
This overview outlines three recommendations and the framework RWJF and the Aligning Forces national program office (NPO) developed to address how RWJF can best refine the AF4Q program for its final phase.
Do ACOs Raise Anti-Trust Concerns?
October 9, 2012 | Issue Brief
ACOs are promising vehicles for delivering health care more efficiently, but some insurers and regulators worry they could reduce competition and drive up prices.
Transforming Care at the Bedside (Phase 2)
December 1, 2012 | Report
This evaluation was of a program that sought to test the impact of rapid-cycle improvement efforts championed and carried out primarily by nurses on the quality of care in hospital medical/surgical units.
Improving Research and Evaluation Around Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care
November 30, 2012 | Report
This report discusses the challenges of evaluating continuous quality improvement, recommendations to address these challenges, and existing gaps in the research.
Linkages between Nursing and the Quality of Patient Care
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An expansive body of literature reflects the state of the science—and the increased importance of INQRI’s goal to measure and enhance nursing’s contribution to the quality of patient care.
Measuring Nurses' Impact on Health Care Quality
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Four Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) teams summarize their work to close the gaps in measuring quality of nursing care.
Facilitators and Challenges to Conducting Interdisciplinary Research
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Interdisciplinary research teams create synergies to solve problems and improve health care.
The Factors Associated with High-Quality Communication for Critically Ill Children
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Communication with family members about prognosis and goals of care often occur close to death for patients in the pediatric intensive care unit.