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August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article describes work to conduct systematic reviews of the literature, evaluate promising practices, provide technical assistance to health care organizations and disseminate their findings.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Social scientists describe what worked and why in a successful initiative to reduce central line infections in Michigan ICUs.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A review of existing research on handoffs in order to inform the improvement and standardization of the handoff process in hospitals found that in existing literature, key concepts remain poorly defined and that patient safety is not analyzed against handoffs' other functions.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A California collaborative uses the Chronic Care Model to improve education of residents and care of patients with diabetes.
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
An ideal population health outcome metric should reflect a population's dynamic state of physical, mental and social well-being. On the basis of a review of outcomes metrics currently in use and the availability of data for at least some U.S. counties, this study makes recommendations for population health outcomes.
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nursing leaders reported gains in quality improvement knowledge and the use of quality improvement tools after attending training programs.
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study presents an alternative approach to increased demand for intensive care unit beds.
November 4, 2011 | Journal Article
A 10-minute monthly survey measures progress of a team-based quality improvement intervention.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The report profiles a program at Temple University that aimed to increase the availability of highly trained medical translators. Temple University was one of 10 sites across the country awarded grants under the RWJF initiative Hablamos Juntos.
September 11, 2011 | Journal Article
Foundations are unique institutions there are very few requirements to provide information about how money is spent yet private foundations often exist to improve the public good.