Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Hospitals
August 23, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic
AF4Q is working with nearly 300 hospitals in 16 communities to develop, test, implement, and spread quality improvement strategies.
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Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Hospitals
August 23, 2012
AF4Q is working with nearly 300 hospitals in 16 communities to develop, test, implement, and spread quality improvement strategies.
Allies Against Asthma: A Program to Combine Clinical and Public Health Approaches to Chronic Illness
National Program
To support community-based coalitions aimed at improving efforts to control pediatric asthma.
Technology Target Studies
January 1, 2008 | Report
This product was provided to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by the grantee organization, American Academy of Nursing Inc.
The Use of Electronic Health Records in U.S. Hospitals
March 26, 2009 | Journal Article
This study examined all acute care member hospitals of the American Hospital Association to determine how many used Electronic Health Records (EHR), and examined specific characteristics to help identify barriers and facilitators to EHR adoption.
Nurses' Clinical Reasoning
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Nurses use clinical reasoning to prevent medication errors, saving lives and increasing the efficiency of the health care system.
Researchers Identify Four Key Areas to Reduce Health Care Disparities and Save Lives of African Americans and Hispanics
October 6, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry estimated the impact that eliminating disparities in health care between racial and ethnic minorities and whites would have on minority health.
Improving Self-Care and Reducing ED Visits Through a Health Ministry Program
August 11, 2009 | Story
Within the first quarter of 2008, a majority of the 475 patients receiving services at the Good Samaritan Health Center and through Delta Regional’s Medication Assistance Program were referred by members of the Health Ministry Network.
Treating Patients More Quickly with RACE
August 11, 2009 | Story
The RACE project introduced a standardized process by which each participating hospital designates a reperfusion and triage strategy for STEMI patients to decrease door-to-balloon times for percutaneous coronary intervention.
Case Study: Telling Cardiac Patients What to Do When They Go Home
June 30, 2009 | Story
With integrated discharge forms, we have come close to perfecting our compliance rates for the discharge of cardiac patients.