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December 1, 2011 | Program Result Report
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.
January 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology convened a conference to develop a research agenda on the role of health care facility design and patient safety, patient and family experiencem and nurse/staff working conditions.
October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Institute for Family-Centered Care worked to enhance understanding of hospital design and its effects on patient care as well as on patient and staff satisfaction.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
From 2008 to 2012, Health Care Without Harm worked to embed best practices for environmental sustainability into health care and to create a business plan for Practice Greenhealth, which has hospital and business members.
July 11, 2011 | Program Result Report
Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) was a national initiative to improve hospital patient care and the hospital work environment by empowering front-line nurses to implement innovative new practices on their units.
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.
July 14, 2010 | Commentary
In this commentary, Dr. Pronovost calls for greater accountability for patient safety within the U.S. health care system. He emphasizes the role of teamwork in reducing CLABSI and other preventable infections.
December 4, 2009 | Program Result Report
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.
November 12, 2009 | Toolkit/Video/Presentation Material
June 2008. Tom Priselac, CEO, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, speaks about the all-encompassing, team approach that has made the Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) approach successful at Cedars-Sinai. The Goal: Disseminate best practices and imple ...
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
In this contribution to a special supplement of the American Journal of Nursing, executives of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) detail the evolution, specific processes (such as "rapid-cycle design") and pilot program results and highlights of the Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) initiative.