Advancing Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Public Health Agencies
May 20, 2008 | News Release
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards third round of grants to improve the quality of public health.
Performance Standards and Measurement
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Reducing Turnaround Time for Fast Track Emergency Department (ED) Patients
June 4, 2008 | Story
To improve the efficiency and decrease the waiting time in the ED, Grady Health System implemented a "Fast Track" service to allow patients with acute but non-life-threatening conditions to be treated more quickly and then released.
Labor-Management Relations Affect Hospital Competitiveness, Financial Performance and Quality of Care
May 1, 1999 | Program Result
From 1995 to 1998, researchers from the Economic Policy Institute assessed the impact of labor-management cooperation and new employment and human resource practices on hospital performance, processes and outcomes.
Agencies Help Consumers Choose Health Care Plans and Providers
January 1, 1998 | Program Result
Health Systems Research sought to define, through a conference and focus groups, the kinds of information consumers want and need in order to make choices among health care plans and providers.
Making Tobacco Use a Vital Sign in Managed Care
March 1, 1998 | Program Result
The National Committee for Quality Assurance, an accrediting organization for managed care plans, issued a "Call for Measures" inviting public participation in revising its Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set.
How We Die
October 1, 1998 | Program Result
George Washington University's Center to Improve Care of the Dying convened a panel of 31 experts to review current knowledge about measuring quality of care at the end of life and develop a consensus on a draft toolkit of measurement.
Consumers Ignore High Hospital Mortality Rates
May 1, 1997 | Program Result
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health examined consumer response to information on hospital mortality released by the Health Care Financing Administration from 1986 to 1993.