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August 15, 2010 | Program Result Report
Common Good Institute staff and researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health developed and promoted an administrative alternative, called health courts, to the current tort system for resolving medical malpractice cases.
February 26, 2012 | Story
New studies identify 10 clinical reasoning practices that nurses use to prevent medical errors, and link nurses' long working hours and physical inactivity on the job to obesity.
February 5, 2012 | Story
In the first long-term study of its kind, RWJF Scholar finds that hospital patient safety initiatives are making childbirth safer, but not all surgeries.
July 27, 2011 | Story
Read a story about health information technology and home health care nurses, see nursing perspectives featured on an RWJF blog; learn what's new on the Campaign for Action Web site; and more.
July 20, 2011 | Story
Cynthia F. Corbett, Ph.D., R.N., professor of nursing at Washington State University, answers questions about the RWJF's Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative study.
April 21, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued Crossing the Quality Chasm, a landmark report calling for major quality and safety improvements in the nation’s health care system. It came on the heels of the IOM’s 1999 To Err Is Human Report, ...
April 15, 2011 | Issue Brief
The high cost of health care in the U.S. does not result in sufficient quality of care in many cases, but major efforts have been undertaken to better define and measure health care quality.
April 1, 2011 | Report
This Update reviews the evidence concerning the effects of both traditional and innovative medical liability reforms on defensive medicine and medical liability costs.
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July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Grantmakers In Health convened three meetings for grantmakers, researchers and other experts, to explore patient safety and potential roles for funders in reducing medical errors and enhancing patient safety.