Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
When establishing measures, it's important to determine the desired outcome from looking at the design target.
Nurses
Nursing's bond to patients and link to quality of care are pivotal, as nurses make up more that half of the health care workforce. To improve the quality of hospital care, we must also transform the quality of nursing care at the patient's bedside.
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Article Claims Chief Nurses Can Play a Key Role in Preventing Errors in Health Care
December 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Harvard University Nursing Research Institute organized the "4th Annual National Invitational Conference on Executive Nursing Leadership in Academic Centers and Major Teaching Hospitals," June 21-22, 1999, in Cambridge, Mass.
More Doctors are Needed in America's Inner Cities
February 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School examined changes in the availability of physicians in U.S. urban areas from 1980 to 1997.
An Unusual Collaboration to Improve Children's Health
February 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The National Association of School Nurses, Scarborough, Maine, examined the potential collaboration of managed care organizations and school health services.
Practice Sights: State Primary Care Development Strategies
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Uneven distribution of primary care physicians, as well as inadequate use of mid-level providers - physicians' assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives - creates barriers to access for many rural and inner city residents.
Maine Seeks to Provide Rural Health Care Services Despite Rough Weather and Terrain
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1993 and 1994, Maine developed a five-part strategy to improve the distribution of primary care providers in underserved areas.
Texas Takes Community-Oriented Approach to Providing Rural Health Care
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Texas Department of Health established an initiative to build upon the state's primary health care program that funds selected sites that are providing primary and preventive care to low-income uninsured persons.
Wisconsin Establishes Public-Private Alliance to Advance Primary Care Initiatives
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services established a statewide alliance of public and private organizations devoted to advancing primary care initiatives.
Virginia Establishes a Center for Primary Care and Rural Health to Address Needs
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Commonwealth of Virginia created a Center for Primary Care and Rural Health in the Virginia Department of Health as a central entity to coordinate public and private recruitment and retention activities.
Pennsylvania Improves Health Care for its Large Rural Population
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Pennsylvania's Practice Sights program goals included improving recruitment and retention efforts, encouraging greater use of mid-level providers, and establishing new practice sites in underserved areas.