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43,750: That’s the number of fall injuries the CMS Partnership for Patients campaign estimates wo...
In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneo...
Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...
Health care professionals whose focus is on patient safety are very familiar with these alarming ...
Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...
Patient-reported experiences of care are an important focus in health disparities research. This ...
Palliative care specializes in taking care of patients with serious illness and focuses on provid...
While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...
Assisted living facilities allow residents to "age in place" by adjusting their level of care and...
Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...
At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...
Kaiser Permanente developed a home-based model of palliative care that uses an interdisciplinary ...
The Association of American Medical Colleges is pleased to present Diversity in Medical Education...
Acute care hospitals have been establishing palliative programs at a rapid pace; the United States n...
Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...
This report is part of a new effort to provide medical students with information about the patter...
AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...
It is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. ...
Sandy Hausman reports on the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a Commonwealth Fund-supported de...
A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...
AHVRP, a professional membership group of the AHA, is the premier professional membership societ...
At-large members are individuals in health care with an interest in the activities of the AHA and...
SHCA is a not-for-profit health care organization dedicated to serving those who advocate in the ...
The American Organization of Nurse Executives is the national organization of nurses who design, ...
Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...
Purpose: To explore surgeons' perceptions of the factors that influence their intraoperative deci...
Standardization of blood utilization practices could provide opportunity for improved outcomes, r...
Secondary analysis of data from two studies examining palliative care in rural areas was conducte...
Readmission rates to U.S. hospitals are high, often because of poor care transitions. Serious adv...
The survey was sent by email to over 630,000 physicians (approximately 84 percent of all physicia...
A recent article from the Los Angeles Times looks at how the traditional doctor-patient relations...
Although primary care is expected to be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, an...
How to solve the problem? Many practices have found the answer in the creation of high-functionin...
A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...
Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...
As health care facilities continually look to strengthen their falls prevention programs and resp...
There is widespread agreement that the current fee-for-service approach to paying for health care...
Rob Olson, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Bellingham, Wash., sold his solo practice when he ...
An article on the SF Gate website profiles the new wave of medical school graduates, millennial a...
Seasonal influenza remains a serious public health concern. According to the CDC, seasonal influe...
The goal of this guide is to help hospital leaders better understand how to address the issue of ...
This web seminar provided participants with information about diversity management, cultural comp...
Every four years, the Olympic Games recognize athletes on a quest to be the best in their chosen ...
Between March and June 2012, Jackson Healthcare conducted a series of online physician surveys th...
Though more work needs to be done, our nation's hospitals are making advancements in providing qu...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...
Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...
Although Maryland enjoys the third highest median income in the United States, the state suffers ...
Among the agencies that have made a substantial effort toward competency is the Nursing Home Ombu...
As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...