Thirty Primary Care Practices Selected as Exemplary Models of Workforce Efficiency and Innovation
April 22, 2013 | Story
Spotlighted primary care practices provide insights for improving health care quality.
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Streamlining Data Decreases Preventable Readmissions
April 8, 2013 | Story
Newton-Wellesley Hospital implemented a variety of initiatives focused on improving its discharge process. Two critical components of the project included streamlining its data collection and enhancing communication between hospital staff.
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.
INQRI Study: Nurse-Led Intervention Can Dramatically Reduce Deadly, Costly Infections
September 27, 2012 | Story
Interdisciplinary team examines strategies to prevent problems with central intravenous lines.
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.
RWJF, Three Other Foundations to Support New National Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
June 29, 2012 | Story
Goal is to promote team-based learning among nurses, doctors and other health professionals to improve patient care.
Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation
June 25, 2012 | Program Result Report
Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation funded nine teams of researchers to address a core question within health care environments: "How will we know that change is an improvement?"
Specialized Hospital Units for Elderly Provide Shorter Stays, Lower Costs
June 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Hospital units designed specifically for the care of older patients could save as much as $6 billion a year, a study from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) finds. In a randomized controlled trial, patients in “acute care for elder ...
Four Major Foundations Join Together To Advance Interprofessional Health Education to Improve Patient Care and Foster Team-Based Learning
June 4, 2012 | News Release
Effort Expands Newly Proposed National Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice.
Hospitalized Children's Perspectives on the Quality and Equity of Their Nursing Care
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Approximately 3 million children in the United States are hospitalized every year. This study examines children and adolescents' views of the quality of their nursing care while hospitalized and their physical and emotional states.