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March 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Researchers found that a 10-point increase in the percentage of nurses holding a baccalaureate degree in nursing within a hospital was associated with an average reduction of 2.12 deaths for every 1,000 patients.
April 1, 2007 | Program Result
Staff at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Va., prepared for the opening of an acute care unit located in the University of Virginia Medical Center.
November 3, 2010 | Journal Article
A tailored communication and intervention effort–the Fall Prevention Tool Kit–can reduce hospital falls, especially in elderly.
January 1, 2008 | Report
This product was provided to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by the grantee organization, American Academy of Nursing Inc.
June 3, 2010 | Program Result
In December 2005 RWJF funded nine hospital associations and health care systems with grants of up to $150,000 apiece for each to work with at least 25 of their member hospitals to establish rapid response teams.
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A program such as WalkRounds can help hospitals diagnose areas of weakness in patient safety, by encouraging interaction between leadership and front-line caregivers. However, hospitals need the commitment, leadership, and resources to implement them properly.
November 24, 2009 | Story
More than 300 nurses, public policy experts and health care professionals attended an acute care forum organized by the Initiative on the Future of Nursing in October that featured leading experts from around the country.
November 30, 2005 | Journal Article
Minority-serving hospitals may provide lower quality of care to VLBW infants compared with other hospitals. Because VLBW black infants are disproportionately treated by minority-serving hospitals.
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.
March 25, 2009 | News Release/Video
Contrary to conventional wisdom, only a tiny fraction of U.S. hospitals have full health information technology (HIT) systems in place to improve how they deliver care, says the New England Journal of Medicine in the March 26 online edition.