Seniors Benefit from a Group Approach to Primary Care
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1994 to 1998, staff at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in Denver expanded and evaluated its Cooperative Health Care Clinic.
Patient Safety and Outcomes
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Hospital Staffing, Organization, and Quality of Care
February 1, 2002 | Journal Article
The International Hospital Outcomes Study was conducted to determine the effects of hospital organizational support and nurse staffing on nurses' dissatisfaction with their jobs, nurse burnout and nurse reports of quality of patient care.
New Techniques Needed to Measure Teens' Smoking Patterns - and Attempts to Quit
February 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Middleton, Wis., integrated research issues on tobacco treatment for adolescents into a conference addressing methodological issues in tobacco treatment outcomes research.
Nursing Homes Affiliated with Nursing Schools Improve Care
February 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Evaluators at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center conducted a formal evaluation and a follow-up study of the 1982-1987 Teaching Nursing Home Program.
Assessing the Quality of Managed Care for Diabetic Patients
April 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The UCLA School of Medicine conducted a study to compare the care received by Medicare patients with diabetes in fee-for-service to that received by patients in managed care health plans.
Disease Management Program Reduces Hospital Days for Chronic Renal Disease Patients
May 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Brandeis University Institute for Health Policy supported a study of the renal disease management program operated by Southern California Kaiser Permanente, a regional, nonprofit HMO.
Organizational Climate, Staffing, and Safety Equipment as Predictors of Needlestick Injuries and Near-Misses in Hospital Nurses
June 1, 2002 | Journal Article
The law requires that hospitals enact safety measures to guard against this risk and protect health care workers.
Effects of Hospital Staffing and Organizational Climate on Needlestick Injuries to Nurses
July 1, 2002 | Journal Article
Nurses from units with low staffing and poor organizational climates were generally twice as likely as nurses on well-staffed and better-organized units to report risk factors, needlestick injuries, and near misses.
Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants Handle Same Acute Care Activities as Doctors
July 22, 2002 | Program Result Report
The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing compared the activities of midlevel practitioners, such as nurse practitioners and physician's assistants, with the activities of resident physicians.