Dissemination and Implementation: INQRI's Potential Impact
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Read the perspectives of principal investigators from INQRI-funded implementation sites: strategies, challenges, successes, and lessons learned.
Patient Safety and Outcomes
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Variation in Surgical Outcomes for Adolescents and Young Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Surgical complications vary by hospital setting and surgeon’s specialty.
The Earlier the Longer
November 12, 2012 | Journal Article
Intensive care units should take a rigorous and nuanced approach to planning patient handoffs to improve patient safety and quality of care.
A Multicenter, Phased, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The success of this nurse-led collaborative underscores the role of nurses in quality improvement.
How Much Would You Give to Save a Dying Bird?
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The author illustrates the challenging relationship between patient advocacy and biomedical research, arguing that both are necessary in order to make progress on the treatment of disease.
Validity and Usefulness of Members Reports of Implementation Progress in a Quality Improvement Initiative
November 4, 2011 | Journal Article
A 10-minute monthly survey measures progress of a team-based quality improvement intervention.
Patient Safety Initiatives Get Mixed Report
February 5, 2012 | Story
In the first long-term study of its kind, RWJF Scholar finds that hospital patient safety initiatives are making childbirth safer, but not all surgeries.
SPEACS-2
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Bedside ICU nurses have an important role in helping nonspeaking patients communicate.
Nurses Are Key to Improving Patient Safety
April 28, 2011 | Story
The Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing report points the way toward more nurse leadership and system-wide culture change, which can help reduce medical errors.
Trends in Length of Stay and Short-Term Outcomes Among Medicare Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure, 1993-2006
June 2, 2010 | Journal Article
Medicare patients with heart failure are experiencing shorter hospital stays and are increasingly likely to be discharged to skilled nursing facilities. While short-term mortality rates have improved, hospital readmission rates and overall mortality risk are higher.