A Quality Improvement Evaluation Case Study
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
One Florida county increased immunization rates through a quality improvement initiative.
Benchmarks and Best Practices
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Explaining Michigan
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Social scientists describe what worked and why in a successful initiative to reduce central line infections in Michigan ICUs.
The Published Literature on Handoffs in Hospitals
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.
Effect of Pay-for-Performance Incentives on Quality of Care in Small Practices with Electronic Health Records
September 11, 2013 | Journal Article
A pay-for-performance (P4P) incentive program targeting the proportion of patients achieving measures of preventive services resulted in modest improvements in cardiovascular care.
Effects of Individual Physician-Level and Practice-Level Financial Incentives on Hypertension Care
September 11, 2013 | Journal Article
Individual financial incentives (but not practice-level or combined) resulted in greater hypertension care, yet the effect of the incentive was not sustained after a washout period a new study finds.
Lower Mortality in Magnet Hospitals
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The nursing work environment and high-quality nursing workforce contribute to lower mortality rates in "Magnet" hospitals.
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.
Improving the Reliability of Physician "Report Cards"
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The reliability of individual primary care physician profiles was the focus of this study.