Closing the Gap
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief presents findings collected over 18 months from eight hospitals that participated in a "learning collaborative" to test strategies, quantify results and share lessons learned.
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The Sounds of Quality
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief presents the findings of nine hospitals who participated in AF4Q's Language Quality Improvement Collaborative to develop new strategies, quantify results and share lessons learned.
Executive Nurse Fellow to Lead Maine's Mid Coast Health Services
March 20, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Lois Skillings, M.S., R.N., N.E.A.-B.C. (2008-2011), current executive vice president of Mid Coast Health Services, will take over for retiring president and CEO Herbert Paris on July 1. The Times Record reports that Skil ...
Hospital Quality Network
November 10, 2010 | Chart
Hospitals join national effort to lift the overall quality of health care in targeted communities.
Evaluating the Efficiency of Medical Care
September 9, 2010 | Program Result Report
The National Quality Forum convened a steering committee that created a framework for evaluating the efficiency of health care over time and identified gaps in current health care quality measurement.
Language to Use in Public Reporting about Hospital Care
August 1, 2010 | Toolkit
Suggestions for simplifying the language used to describe hospital quality measures in public reports.
Partnerships for Training Online Nursing Degree Program Boosts Level of Care in Rural North Carolina
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Duke University-East Carolina University Partnerships for Training developed Web-based degree programs for nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife and physician assistant students in federally designated Medically Underserved Areas in North Carolina.