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February 26, 2012 | Story
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar explores how perioperative practices, processes and staffing policies may contribute to postoperative infections.
April 21, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued Crossing the Quality Chasm, a landmark report calling for major quality and safety improvements in the nation’s health care system. It came on the heels of the IOM’s 1999 To Err Is Human Report, ...
April 15, 2011 | Issue Brief
The high cost of health care in the U.S. does not result in sufficient quality of care in many cases, but major efforts have been undertaken to better define and measure health care quality.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Over the past decade, advances in the quality of care have been slow. One area of success, however, has been in combating central line–associated bloodstream infections.
May 13, 2010 | Toolkit
Goal was to reduce errors and ensure patients receive the correct diet ordered by physicians. Satisfaction improved among nursing associates and dietary associates. Communication between the various hospital departments also improved.
July 14, 2010 | Commentary
In this commentary, Dr. Pronovost calls for greater accountability for patient safety within the U.S. health care system. He emphasizes the role of teamwork in reducing CLABSI and other preventable infections.
January 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
A team of filmmakers led by producer Frank Christopher created two media products that examined innovative efforts to improve the quality of health care at selected medical institutions around the country.
August 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Implementation of a standardized briefing and debriefing tool in a large regional medical center was a practical and feasible strategy to improve perceptions of interdisciplinary communication and teamwork in the operating room.
April 7, 2009 | Journal Article
A proposed public-private partnership to help the health care community emulate the successes of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team in commercial aviation.
November 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1996 and 1998, a range of organizations co-sponsored two multidisciplinary national conferences examining the problem of errors in medicine and health care.