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April 1, 2011 | Report
The second in a series of issue briefs published by The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), takes a closer look at three aspects of community benefits affected by ยง9007 of the ACA, "Additional Requirements for Nonprofit 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.
January 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
Nurses are now called to a ???Vitality Huddle??? between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. via the unit's call system. The nurses gather in the workroom near the nurses' station for 10-15 minutes to interact and focus on relationship building.
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.
January 1, 2004 | Report
This white paper was published by The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The paper outlines RWJF's Transforming Care at Bedside initiative, an effort to improve the quality of care in medica ...
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between hospitals' scores on a survey that measures safe practices and risk-adjusted inpatient mortality.
December 4, 2009 | Program Result
The Center for Health Design and the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture developed an Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification program, to accredit design professionals who use evidence-based design for new hospitals.
June 4, 2008 | Video/Toolkit
Staff at Seton Family of Hospitals in Texas developed a risk assessment protocol, identifying populations at risk and using prevention tools such as alerts and patient-care rounding, which has enabled the staff to consistently meet its goal of just two falls per 1,000 patient days.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Mich., developed a systemwide universal discharge instruction form, merging general discharge instructions with cardiac-specific discharge instructions for patients with acute myocardial infarction or heart failure.
June 5, 2008 | Toolkit/Video
Ten hospitals with racially and ethnically diverse patient populations participated in Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aimed at improving quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities. All 10 hospitals improved the quality of care being provided to their heart failure and heart attack patients.