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.
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A Field Experiment on the Impact of Physician-Level Performance Data on Consumers' Choice of Physician
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The use of a publicly available online report of physician-level data on the choice of primary care provider (PCP) among new members to the HealthPlus of Michigan health plan was assessed in this study.
Prevention or Treatment: Why Is Heart Disease Mortality Dropping?
October 24, 2012 | Story
Forty years of debate has failed to identify the most effective method of reducing coronary artery disease.
Child FIRST: A Program to Help Very Young At-Risk Children
October 1, 2012 | Book
This chapter of To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume XV, focuses on Child First, a family-based intervention to prevent mental health problems in high-risk mothers and young children.
Medicare as Insurance Innovator
September 25, 2012 | Journal Article
Traditional or fee-for-service Medicare has produced many innovations in the payment for health care services, while private insurance has produced a series of benefit design innovations.
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.
Forum on the Future of Nursing
September 17, 2009
Taking place on October 19 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, register now to attend or participate via live webcast. Find out how.
Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care at High-Volume Hospitals
June 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Urban Institute studied whether patients use high-volume hospitals for procedures and services where volume is associated with outcomes, and whether there are disparities between minorities and Whites in using such hospitals.
Nurses' Practice Environments, Error Interception Practices, and Impatient Medication Errors
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Nurses play a critical role in identifying and intercepting medication errors regardless where the error originates—at the prescribing, transcribing, dispensing or administration stages.
If You Have Pneumonia, Which Emergency Department will Give the Best Care?
May 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine analyzed data from two Atlanta emergency departments to ascertain barriers to achieving standard metrics of performance for treatment of patients with pneumonia.