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December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
In the early 2000s, hospitals began taking steps to improve their organizational culture. They aimed to address several challenges, including patient dissatisfaction, nursing shortages and poor financial performance.
December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
In 1998, Humility of Mary Health Partners, a two-hospital Catholic health system in Ohio, undertook a process of cultural transformation to address growing dissatisfaction among nurses.
March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
From 1988 through 2003, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported the Development and Implementation of a Quality Improvement System for Home Health Care. The effort comprised six projects and was designed to improve the quality of home health, long-term and ambulatory care, and to study methods to improve health care quality in these settings.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Council on Aging of the Cincinnati Area developed a project to enhance care for the frail elderly by linking acute and long-term care services and improving communication and coordination among providers.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
In the University Hospitals of Cleveland's Collaborative Care Unit, nurse practitioners manage the delivery of care and clinical decision-making. This project examined the impact of the collaborative care model on costs and quality of care at the hospital using a randomized controlled trial over a two-year period.