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December 1, 2011 | Program Result
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.
June 3, 2010 | Program Result
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.
May 27, 2010 | Program Result
IHI published on its Web site a guide with four "promising" approaches to help hospital staff identify patients at risk for serious injury from a fall and to implement interventions to prevent or mitigate fall-related injuries.
January 7, 2010 | Program Result
Performance measures tested to determine whether they can assess and improve the ways nurses contribute to patient safety and health care quality in acute care hospitals.
November 23, 2009 | Program Result
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) produced a handbook on patient safety and quality that nurses can use in their work.
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
21st Century Consumer conducted developmental research to be used in the creation of educational programs to help reduce the number of injuries and deaths due to preventable errors during hospitalization.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2000, researchers at the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center under the direction of Stephen J. Bartels, M.D., M.S., tested the Outcomes-Based Treatment Plan.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
The University of California, San Francisco, conducted an exploratory case study of innovative practices of large capitated physician organizations aimed at improving patient safety.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
From 1994 to 2000, researchers from the Henry Ford Health System evaluated the impact of clinician participation in continuing education on provider attitudes, practice behaviors and patient outcomes.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
From 2008 to 2012, Health Care Without Harm worked to embed best practices for environmental sustainability into health care and to create a business plan for Practice Greenhealth, which has hospital and business members.