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February 21, 2010 | News Release/Video
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by $8.1 billion in 2006 alone.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Most of the recent growth in health care costs is due to the increasing volume of services offered by physicians to their Medicare patients. This paper considers whether changes in Medicare fees that negatively affect physicians? incomes also affect service volume.
January 7, 2010 | Program Result Report
Performance measures tested to determine whether they can assess and improve the ways nurses contribute to patient safety and health care quality in acute care hospitals.
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A program such as WalkRounds can help hospitals diagnose areas of weakness in patient safety, by encouraging interaction between leadership and front-line caregivers. However, hospitals need the commitment, leadership, and resources to implement them properly.
December 20, 2009 | Book
Pay for performance is gaining currency with payers, policy-makers and others. But nursing has been largely ignored.
October 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A nurse-led interdisciplinary team considers how to ensure a patient's current medications are taken into account when hospital physicians or clinicians prescribe in-hospital treatment and drugs.
February 22, 1010 | Journal Article
A new study, based on national hospital discharge data, finds the clinical and economic costs of sepsis and pneumonia infections contracted while in the hospital are substantial and vary among patient groups. Commentary estimates that in 2006, 48,000 people died from these infections and there were $8.1 billion associated hospital costs.
June 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Published in 1994, the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-IV, lists mental disorders and their symptoms. Psychiatrists and other health professionals use it as a guide in diagnosing and treating ...
January 22, 2003 | Journal Article
A growing body of research suggests that care management processes (CMPs) can improve the quality of health care for patients suffering from certain chronic diseases, such as asthma, congestive heart failure, diabetes and depression. The Institute o ...
March 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study investigated whether patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and comorbid depression report worse communication with their physicians than their counterparts without depressive symptoms and which domains of communication seem most affected.