In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneo...

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Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

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Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

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A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...

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AHVRP, a professional membership group of the AHA,  is the premier professional membership societ...

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The American Organization of Nurse Executives is the national organization of nurses who design, ...

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Purpose: To explore surgeons' perceptions of the factors that influence their intraoperative deci...

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The survey was sent by email to over 630,000 physicians (approximately 84 percent of all physicia...

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Although primary care is expected to be  safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, an...

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There is widespread agreement that the current fee-for-service approach to paying for health care...

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Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...

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Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...

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This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

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My goal in this article is to use the laws of physics to help readers think in new ways about sha...

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Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a model of care in which multiple members of the care deliver...

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The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

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Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

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San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...

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This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identifie...

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Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

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Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...

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