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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.
February 4, 2011 | Toolkit
St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis improved door to bed, length of stay and patient satisfaction by reducing delays in ED triage and registration.
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, 2010 | Toolkit
Principles for engaging consumer leaders, and examples of success from Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances.
June 29, 2010 | Program Results Report
The SQUIRE guidelines for publishing research on quality improvement support complete, accurate, and transparent reporting, and are intended to speed development of the field.
July 27, 2009 | Program Results Report
During 2002 and 2003, researchers at the National Quality Forum were asked to facilitate the identification of topics for performance measure development useful for the consumer in selecting mammography centers.
April 1, 2009 | Toolkit
The More Than Words Toolkit Series clarifies the translation process and provides a roadmap to help health care organizations improve the quality of their translated materials in order to get better results.
June 4, 2008 | Story
A team was assembled to develop an initiative to improve nurse recruitment and retention, including internal and external recruitment strategies, comprehensive training, and a mentoring program for new ED nurses.
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Patients are given a medical screening exam when they arrive at the emergency department (ED) and assigned a level of urgency based on their symptoms.
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The hospital implemented a multi-pronged approach for reducing the left without being seen (LWBS) rate and overall patient throughput. The hospital identified the causes of LWBS with a patient survey and then ...