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September 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center hosted a conference to develop research and policy agendas for improving the quality of care for persons who are transferred from one medical setting to another.
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Standardized forms were created by the hospital for patients admitted to the hospital from the emergency department (ED).
April 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Staff at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Va., prepared for the opening of an acute care unit located in the University of Virginia Medical Center.
May 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority created the Resident Education and Assistance Program to address problems of undiagnosed substance abuse among elderly residents living in subsidized public and private housing.
April 21, 2011 | Journal Article
Investments in nursing care hours reduce hospital readmissions by better preparing patients for discharge.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this study, nurse interventionists identified and documented medication discrepancies from two Inland Northwest hospitals. The researchers identified more system-level discrepancies than patient-level ones.
National Program
Expecting Success was a national program aimed at improving the quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities.
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Academic and medical professionals discuss the transition from palliative care in hospitals to nursing homes.
May 11, 2009 | Program Result Report
From 1994 to 2007, staff at Friends' Health Connection (originally called Long Distance Love), New Brunswick, N.J., created and ran a program that enables hospitalized patients to communicate one-on-one with another patient who has the same illness.
March 24, 2010 | Story
Duke University Hospital and the health system wanted to improve cardiac care for African-American and Latino populations by identifying and analyzing disparities and developing tools that would better serve them.