Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

September 16th, 2016
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Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...

February 29th, 2016
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The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System implemented multidisciplinary ICU mobilization teams t...

September 14th, 2015

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the second most commonly reported hospital-associa...

June 18th, 2015
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With four hospitals and more than 120 employed medical providers, St. Charles Health System is a ...

September 16th, 2014

Many Medicare patients with life-limiting illnesses had no documented advanced directive while in...

July 31st, 2014
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To help those with reading and language challenges, UVA Health System staff developed a curriculu...

March 12th, 2013
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The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...

March 12th, 2013
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Neighborhood and environment are important determinants of health in addition to individual chara...

March 12th, 2013
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This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

February 22nd, 2012
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Outside the intensive care unit, catheters remain in place for a longer duration; therefore, it i...

February 1st, 2012
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The new Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide released by WHO Patient Safety in Octo...

October 1st, 2011
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Could changing the staffing model in the intensive care unit reduce patients' risk of dying?Accor...

October 1st, 2011
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The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

August 1st, 2011
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In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia exper...

October 9th, 2009
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The Problem OSF St. Mary Medical Center, in collaboration with the OSF system-wide Patient Safet...

July 1st, 2009
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The concept of an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit (A-ICU) developed because in most companies a sm...

January 1st, 2008
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