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December 9, 2011 | Program Result
Researchers at the Boston University School of Management Health Policy Institute helped RWJF's Human Capital Team advance its role in increasing the number of health care workers who are highly proficient in quality improvement.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Four case studies on recommendations to advance implementation science.
August 11, 2012 | Journal Article
The World Bank reported the leading cause of death worldwide was coronary heart disease in its 1993 World Development Report. Yet, investments in cardiac care are slow, and have not kept pace with the rising rates of death.
January 24, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The RWJF Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) will host a webinar on January 31, 2013 as part of a series featuring all of the INQRI's grantee teams focused on translating research into practice.
January 14, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.
October 1, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Recently, Nurse.com covered a new study conducted by Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN. Published in the September issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration, the study of more than 1,000 registered nurses found that resistance from nursing leaders and other barriers prevent nurses from implementing evidence-based practices, even when those practices could improve patient outcomes.
September 5, 2012 | Story
Clinical Scholar offers guidance for emergency care teams and surprising news on neurological outcomes.
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To identify, evaluate, and disseminate innovative strategies to increase the teaching capacity of nursing schools, as well as to promote the recruitment and retention of nurse faculty, with the long-term goal of educating more students.
June 25, 2012 | Story
Michael D. Howell, MD, MPH, and colleagues at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center studied the reliability of a common quality improvement metric, falls per 1,000 patient-days, and found that flaws in the metric could lead to erroneous conclusions.
June 25, 2012 | Story
Lisa V. Rubenstein, MD, MSPH, and colleagues at RAND Corporation developed evidence-based methods to identify and apply relevant quality criteria to published articles that empirically evaluate literature on continuous quality improvement.