Continuing Education
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Learn how to improve care transitions and prevent avoidable hospital readmissions, and pick up nursing and medical education con-ed credits.
Continuing Education Programs
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Achieving Competence Today (ACT) Collaborative: Disseminating an Action-Based Inter-Professional Curriculum that Incorporates Quality Improvement
March 25, 2010 | Program Result
ACT created an interactive website and sample curricula for post–medical school physician training programs. Six hospitals adapted, institutionalized and expanded the ACT curriculum at their schools.
Care About Your Care
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A national conversation highlighting efforts to improve care transitions, reduce avoidable hospital readmissions, and lift overall quality of care.
Partnerships for Quality Education
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Program to train primary care residents and nurse practitioners to deliver high-quality care for patients with chronic illnesses within the fixed-budget constraints of managed care.
Communication, Public Health, and Commitment to Research and Teaching
July 30, 2012 | Story
A Profile of Nicole DePasquale, MSPH, a 2009 Project L/EARN Alumna
Online Courses for Nurse Educators and Nurses on End-of-Life Care Across the Life Span
August 27, 2009 | Program Result
Two schools of nursing developed electronic toolkits: one for nurse educators and one for self-study by practicing nurses.
Health Leaders Join Forces to Tackle National Problem of Hospital Readmissions
January 31, 2013 | News Release
Care About Your Care is a national conversation highlighting efforts to improve care transitions, reduce hospital readmissions, and lift overall quality of care.
Improving Performance in Practice
March 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) provides small, primary-care practices with tools, support, coaching and a collaborative learning environment in which they can assess their performance and engage systematically in improvement activities. Th ...
1999 Study Says Hospices Underutilized but Educating Medical Professionals Could Boost Referrals
April 1, 2004 | Program Result
In 1999, researchers at the market research firm Gordon S. Black Corp. (now Harris Interactive), Rochester, N.Y., conducted a study to determine the factors and persons that influence physicians' decision to refer their patients to hospice.
Who Is Talking? Who is Listening? - Improving Communication Among Hospital Nurses and Clinicians
March 2, 2011 | Program Result
Joint Commission Resources in Oak Brook Ill., oversaw development and testing of an online course and support materials to improve communication among hospital nurses, physicians and others clinicians involved in team-oriented patient care.