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January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
In response to the Institute of Medicine’s To Err Is Human report on the prevalence of medical errors, the Leapfrog Group, an organization that promotes hospital safety and quality, established a voluntary hospital survey assessing compliance with several safety standards.
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nursing leaders reported gains in quality improvement knowledge and the use of quality improvement tools after attending training programs.
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.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An in-house education program improved senior staff knowledge of quality improvement and engaged frontline staff in quality improvement projects.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical infection requiring an operation, and LOS can vary widely. While efforts to shorten LOS have focused on elective operations, this study determined that operative time of day had the greatest impact.
September 1, 2008 | Journal Article
The typical two-year time lag between health plan performance measurement and the action taken based on that performance underscores the importance of understanding that performance measures are only moderately stable over time.
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nurse staffing stability associated with improved performance measures in heart failure care in rural hospitals according to this study.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Highlights from the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) program detail nursing’s contribution to improving the quality of health care delivered.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An expansive body of literature reflects the state of the science—and the increased importance of INQRI’s goal to measure and enhance nursing’s contribution to the quality of patient care.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Four Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) teams summarize their work to close the gaps in measuring quality of nursing care.