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December 1, 2011 | Program Result
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine applied a step-by-step approach used to dramatically reduce aviation fatalities to improve the use of two devices that account for a disproportionate share of medical errors in hospitals.
November 23, 2009 | Program Result
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) produced a handbook on patient safety and quality that nurses can use in their work.
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A program such as WalkRounds can help hospitals diagnose areas of weakness in patient safety, by encouraging interaction between leadership and front-line caregivers. However, hospitals need the commitment, leadership, and resources to implement them properly.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Four case studies on recommendations to advance implementation science.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
When hospital service line profit goes down, mortality goes up.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In an effort to evaluate quality improvement (QI) programs, self-reported versus externally rated measures of QI success led to different results. This study suggests that, ideally, evaluations of QI efforts should use externally rated measures.
January 16, 2013 | Program Result
Staff at Archimedes, Inc. created ARCHeS, an Internet-based system allowing users to simulate health interventions and long-term clinical trials within hours by providing them with access to data on patients, diseases, treatments, and costs.
December 13, 2012 | Story
Wide variation in surgery highlights role of patient preference in medical decisions.
June 25, 2012 | Program Result
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?"
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Over the past decade, advances in the quality of care have been slow. One area of success, however, has been in combating central line–associated bloodstream infections.