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June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Rapid response teams enhance nurses’ work environment and were considered so important that some nurses said they would be reluctant to work in a facility that did not have one.
June 11, 2011 | Journal Article
Benefits outweigh the risks of conducting collaborative nursing research.
August 1, 2010 | Journal Article
As Americans work to reform our health care system so that we receive higher-quality care at a lower cost, many stakeholders see substantial opportunity in the expansion of primary care teams.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This evaluation found that some hospitals can extensively and successfully implement the principles of Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), however, even these hospitals, which were selected due to their previous experience with innovation and quality improvement, do not necessarily sustain the TCAB processes beyond the first year.
October 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A nurse-led interdisciplinary team considers how to ensure a patient's current medications are taken into account when hospital physicians or clinicians prescribe in-hospital treatment and drugs.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of the effects of concurrent peer review visits on treatment intensification and control of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes in a community health center found that the visits improved outcomes for hypertension patients and increased treatment intensification for all three conditions.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Teamwork requires mutual respect. Teamwork between community and hospital-based physicians can improve the quality of care. This study investigated attitudes among pediatric residents towards community-based physicians.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Academic Chronic Care Collaboratives (ACCCs) empowered patients and changed attitudes among health care team members toward primary care. This introduction of a supplement to the Journal of General Internal Medicine, previews the achievements of the Academic Chronic Care Collaboratives.
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.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The success of this nurse-led collaborative underscores the role of nurses in quality improvement.