Patient-reported experiences of care are an important focus in health disparities research. This ...

November 16th, 2012
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While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...

November 13th, 2012
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Assisted living facilities allow residents to "age in place" by adjusting their level of care and...

November 13th, 2012
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Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

November 12th, 2012
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The Association of American Medical Colleges is pleased to present Diversity in Medical Education...

November 1st, 2012
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Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

November 1st, 2012
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Sandy Hausman reports on the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a Commonwealth Fund-supported de...

October 21st, 2012
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Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...

October 10th, 2012
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A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...

September 9th, 2012
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Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...

September 9th, 2012
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There is widespread agreement that the current fee-for-service approach to paying for health care...

September 7th, 2012
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Seasonal influenza remains a serious public health concern. According to the CDC, seasonal influe...

September 1st, 2012
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The goal of this guide is to help hospital leaders better understand how to address the issue of ...

September 1st, 2012
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At Franciscan St. James Health, the nursery had the highest rate of "zero" orders (orders not on ...

June 1st, 2012
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Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...

June 1st, 2012
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The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...

June 1st, 2012
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This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care a...

March 1st, 2012
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This decision-maker brief offers programmatic and policy changes that can help practices, especia...

March 1st, 2012
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This brief describes how decisionmakers can encourage a model of care that truly reflects the nee...

March 1st, 2012
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This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

February 22nd, 2012
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