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Improving Quality and Value in Health Care: Ideas from the Field
May 30, 2013 | Program Results Report
The solicitation was a broad call for ideas from the field to rein in spending without jeopardizing patient care. RWJF selected 12 of the most novel ideas and those most likely to engender far-reaching change.
Quality/Equality Glossary
April 24, 2013 | Toolkit
This glossary explores commonly used health care quality improvement terminology.
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.
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.
Diffusing QSEN Competencies Across Schools of Nursing
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The competency integration of the six Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) core competencies through regional institutes are reviewed in this paper.
Academic/Clinical Partnership and Collaboration in Quality and Safety Education for Nurse Education
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The critical role that an academic/clinical partnership plays in implementing the new Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)-based clinical education model is discussed in this article.
From the School of Nursing Quality and Safety Officer
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The role of a newly created quality and safety officer (QSO) position designed to increase education in quality and safety measures among prelicensure nursing students is described in this article.