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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March 24, 2010 | Story
Del Sol Medical Center improved its patient chart review and discharge processes, and enhanced its heart failure center, with support from Expecting Success.
May 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation evaluated the clinical and economic impact of an algorithm-guided treatment package on seriously mentally ill patients treated in the Texas public mental health system.
May 10, 2006 | Story
UPMC Shadyside implemented a clinical design initiative to change both the patient experience and the caregivers' work environment for the better.
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors present a real-life case in which a patient's spinal cord compression was delayed to illustrate how "situational awareness" (SA) can be used to understand diagnostic errors in medicine. SA is defined as "a person's perception of the elem ...
October 28, 2002 | Program Result
The New Hampshire Healthy Kids Corporation worked with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services to implement the state's State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making changes in national initiative to prevent obesity.
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making changes in national initiative to prevent obesity.
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national initiative to prevent obesity.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit/Video/Story
The goal of this intervention is to reduce the amount of staff time spent hunting for and gathering supplies and equipment and increase the amount of time spent at the bedside with patients
June 26, 2006 | Video/Story
Nurses are the health care professionals who spend the most time with their patients, so who better to ask for ideas about how to improve patient care?