Doctor, I’m not comfortable with that order
December 5, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Michael Painter discusses human error in health care.
Patient Safety and Outcomes
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Susan Dentzer: Toward a Healthy America
May 9, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
These reports provide an important starting point for the next round of serious health care reforms.
Turn-Turn-Turning the Tables on a Pervasive Problem in Long-Term Care
May 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Yap and her co-investigators developed a cost-effective, nurse-led intervention that aimed to reduce the prevalence of pressure ulcers in long-term care facilities through a musical prompting system.
Introducing a New Way to Measure Health Care Quality
April 18, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
With support from Pioneer, NCQA and Archimedes, Inc., will develop and test the Global Cardiovascular Risk (GCVR) score over the coming months.
Recent Research About Nursing, April 2013
April 10, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
New studies focus on nurses’ confidence in hospital safety programs and nurse-led care for asthma patients.
Quotable Quotes about Nursing, March 2013
March 13, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
New and notable quotes on mental health nurse practitioners, ‘safety huddles,’ doctors’ views on the roles nurses play, and more.
PatientsLikeMe Project Pioneers Use of Outcomes Data That Are Meaningful To Patients
February 25, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Jamie Heywood, co-founder of PatientsLikeMe, and Paul Tarini, senior program officer of the Pioneer Team at RWJF, share their views on creating an open-access platform to develop measures that matter to patients.
What Should Health Professionals Know About Handoffs?
November 30, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Handoffs are a critical link in maintaining continuity of care during a hospital stay, but few practitioners learned anything in nursing or medical school about how to hand off effectively.
The Need for Pluralism
September 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
None of these deficiencies are new, and that is what concerns us. The lack of engagement with the sciences of safety, and of human and organizational performance, has implications for practice, for safety, and for understanding and creating actiona ...
QSEN: Ready for a New Home
June 8, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
I have immensely enjoyed nurturing this QSEN initiative for more than seven years, and passing the baton of leadership last Friday was a poignant transition in my life. But it was time, as I move from regular to part-time work, to ensure that the mo ...