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May 15, 2011 | Program Result
Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care aimed at improving the overall quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities in 10 participating hospitals from 2004 to 2008.
April 18, 2011 | Program Result
The overarching objective of the Dartmouth Atlas is to report local and regional variation in the performance of U.S. health care to policymakers and health systems and to provide interpretation of unwarranted variation that can guide policy.
December 23, 2009 | Program Result
An international research team led by investigators at the Boston University School of Public Health examined the factors that promote the use of evidence-based practice in routine health care.
May 27, 2010 | Program Result
The Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, Calif., participated in RWJF's Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) national program.
December 16, 2008 | Program Result
A Catholic hospital located in a state that became the center for a national debate on medical ethics needed to shore up its own approach to ethics.
December 4, 2009 | Program Result
The Center for Health Design and the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture developed an Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification program, to accredit design professionals who use evidence-based design for new hospitals.
July 1, 2000 | Program Result
From 1997 to 1999, efforts by coalitions of businesses, health systems and providers in Muncie, Ind. Topeka, Kan. and Milwaukee worked to improve local health care using the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care.
December 16, 2008 | Program Result
In 2000, Meridian Health system, located in Neptune, N.J., was struggling to integrate the merger of three hospitals. Its patient and employee satisfaction scores were low.
December 16, 2008 | Program Result
At Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, too many nurses had a part in decision-making, which meant that few decisions were made.
December 16, 2008 | Program Result
In 1993, Boone Hospital Center's new president, faced with changes in healthcare financing and increased competition, introduced a new job requirement: employees had to be nice.