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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.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Health foundations have invested in services, research, and advocacy to improve the financing and delivery of long-term services and supports. This article describes some of the broad array of approaches they have taken.
October 17, 2008 | Program Result
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and North General Hospital trained physicians to provide culturally sensitive palliative and hospice care to underserved, minority populations and to provide such care to residents of Harlem and other communities.
September 29, 2008 | Program Result
The Center for Simulation and Safety in Healthcare at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine created and tested approximately 20 mock scenarios for use in "immersive simulation" training sessions for medical-surgical teams.
January 1, 2004 | Program Result
The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, in partnership with the Injury Free Coalition for Kids, convened a conference, "Partners in Prevention: Making Communities Injury Free."
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Institute for Medical Knowledge Implementation furthered its efforts to develop a Rule Authoring Tool, which makes it easier to write clinical decision support rules, and to provide health care providers access to those rules.
February 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1996 to 1999, the National Association of School Nurses, Silver Spring, Md., produced an eight volume series, The Nursing Assessment of School-Age Youth.
June 12, 2008 | Program Result
The Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative partnered with area hospitals in a project designed to improve quality of care and patient safety. Project staff oversaw the production of a video about the initiative.
July 14, 2008 | Program Result
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations developed a simulation training course to enable its surveyors to recognize system vulnerabilities that threaten patient safety and the quality of care.
April 1, 2007 | Program Result
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spearheaded an effort to establish the U.S. Public Health Service's smoking cessation guideline as a routine part of prenatal care for all pregnant women in the United States.