The Earlier the Longer
November 12, 2012 | Journal Article
Intensive care units should take a rigorous and nuanced approach to planning patient handoffs to improve patient safety and quality of care.
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A Multicenter, Phased, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The success of this nurse-led collaborative underscores the role of nurses in quality improvement.
Variability in Case-Mix Adjusted ln-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Rates
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
After adjustment for a hospital’s case-mix, the rates of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) vary considerably. Urban hospitals and those that treat more Blacks have higher rates, while larger hospitals have lower rates, raising troubling equity conce ...
Improving the Safety of Patient Care by Looking at the Airline Industry
December 1, 2011 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine applied a step-by-step approach used to dramatically reduce aviation fatalities to improve the use of two devices that account for a disproportionate share of medical errors in hospitals.
Global Trigger Tool' Shows that Adverse Events in Hospitals May be Ten Times Greater Than Previously Measured
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Reliance on voluntary reporting and the Patient Safety Indicators could produce misleading conclusions about the current safety of care in the U.S. health care system and misdirect efforts to improve patient safety.
Staff Nurse Survey on Quality Improvement
October 1, 2009 | Survey/Poll
A series of reports released by the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHA) and the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) on the current state of quality improvement practices in Wisconsin hospitals.
Characteristics Associated with Pediatric Inpatient Death
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
By analyzing data on pediatric inpatient deaths at academic children’s hospitals, researchers can determine conditions and circumstance to improve mortality rates.
Quality Information and Fragmented Markets
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Volume-sensitive services are procedures that lead to better outcomes when a health care institution performs a high number of the procedures. This study investigated whether knowing the benefits of high-volume institutions led patients to actively seek care through those providers.
Supporting Regional Response Team Learning Networks
June 3, 2010 | Program Result Report
In December 2005 RWJF funded nine hospital associations and health care systems with grants of up to $150,000 apiece for each to work with at least 25 of their member hospitals to establish rapid response teams.
SPEACS-2
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Bedside ICU nurses have an important role in helping nonspeaking patients communicate.