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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November 30, 2012 | Report
This report discusses the challenges of evaluating continuous quality improvement, recommendations to address these challenges, and existing gaps in the research.
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
Interdisciplinary research teams create synergies to solve problems and improve health care.
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
A series of studies examine how public health decision-makers are responding to accreditation, quality improvement, and public reporting initiatives amid the ongoing fiscal pressures.
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
The study's results indicate that Nebraska’s LHDs still face significant barriers for QI implementation, including low capacity, knowledge gaps, inadequate resources, and low institutional QI maturity.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Gaps in the role of theory to enhance the practice of QI research are explored in this research.
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
The study of quality improvement within Georgia’s local public health systems provides important insight into the use of regional bodies as quality improvement (QI) collaboratives and multijurisdictional entities.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article describes work to conduct systematic reviews of the literature, evaluate promising practices, provide technical assistance to health care organizations and disseminate their findings.
October 8, 2010 | Issue Brief
A broad effort is under way to understand what really works in health care, perhaps leading to better value for dollars spent.
September 12, 2011 | Program Result Report
In Battle Creek, Mich., a health care system implements the Chronic Care Model throughout the community.