Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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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.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Interdisciplinary research teams create synergies to solve problems and improve health care.
April 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
As many as 85 percent of primary care physicians (PCPs) feel that to achieve good health outcomes, it is as important to address patients’ resource and social constraints as it is to treat their medical conditions.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The competency integration of the six Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) core competencies through regional institutes are reviewed in this paper.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The critical role that an academic/clinical partnership plays in implementing the new Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)-based clinical education model is discussed in this article.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The role of a newly created quality and safety officer (QSO) position designed to increase education in quality and safety measures among prelicensure nursing students is described in this article.
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This paper reviews the evolution of QI initiatives, the current evidence about whether QI interventions work, QI's promise for the future, and how to help it find success in health care.
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The National Quality Strategy is the first overarching policy designed to lead federal, state and local efforts in improving the quality of America's health care.
December 12, 2011 | Program Result Report
IHI expanded and enhanced its Open School for Health Professions to close the gap between what health care employees need to know about quality improvement and what traditional curricula teach.