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September 2, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the ethical responsibilities of health care facilities following large-scale adverse events in the medical setting. These events range in severity and scope and pose difficult ethical questions about whether and how to disclose the adverse event to patients.
April 29, 2009 | Story
Readers and reviewers praise the book for its precise writing, easy-to-navigate format and clear, instructive illustrations.
May 10, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between acid-suppressive therapy and Clostridium difficile infection. It has been speculated that acid-suppressive may lead to increased rates of C difficile infection, but this theory has not been confirmed by prior research.
March 11, 2010 | Journal Article
There are a number of simple steps potential health care volunteers can take now to ensure their skills can be utilized effectively in response to future disasters.
March 1, 2005 | Program Result
From 1988 through 2003, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported the Development and Implementation of a Quality Improvement System for Home Health Care. The effort comprised six projects and was designed to improve the quality of home health, long-term and ambulatory care, and to study methods to improve health care quality in these settings.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
The National Medical Association engaged African-American clinicians in training others to follow a clinical practice guideline on smoking cessation and in disseminating and implementing the guideline, Smoking Cessation, Clinical Practice Guideline, No. 18.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 2000, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released revised guidelines for clinical and community tobacco cessation interventions that have the potential to reduce smoking rates nationally.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
This project included three activities in conjunction with the April 1996 release of the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline.
July 1, 2000 | Program Result
The AMA produced and disseminated a pocket guide, Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Primary Care Clinicians, prepared by the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research as a summary of its Clinical Practice Guideline on Smoking Cessation.
April 1, 2007 | Program Result
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spearheaded an effort to establish the U.S. Public Health Service's smoking cessation guideline as a routine part of prenatal care for all pregnant women in the United States.