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About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community ...
In many contexts, cesarean delivery has come to be regarded as the safer option, when in fact it ...
Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital wit...
Reducing postoperative complications could reduce costs associated with readmissions by millions ...
This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...
This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...
This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models th...
The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...
The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...
A controversial safety intervention, rapid response systems (RRS) do not appear to improve clinic...
According to the survey, few nurses and physicians reported routinely submitting online reports, ...
The study concludes that more widespread implementation and effective use of e-prescribing in amb...
This white paper introduces an overall approach and tools designed to support two processes: the ...
Accreditation by The Joint Commission was associated with stronger performance on disease-specifi...
The new Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide released by WHO Patient Safety in Octo...
In a recent study, the non-profit Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. ranks 16th out of 16 nati...
The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011, updates a series of comprehensive...
Could changing the staffing model in the intensive care unit reduce patients' risk of dying?Accor...
n response to growing interest from the hospital community in better understanding and improving ...
The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...
Drug prescriptions need to accurately identify the medications that prescribers intend for pharma...
The Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.
March 6-12 is designated as National Patient Safety Awareness Week...and we know that America's h...
The guide is based on the learning that emerged from a multi-year pilot project that aimed to red...