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It is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
There is widespread agreement that the current fee-for-service approach to paying for health care...
The goal of this guide is to help hospital leaders better understand how to address the issue of ...
The results from a 32-month long national collaborative, Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac...
This report utilizes Dartmouth Atlas data to show differences in resource utilization among the 2...
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...
This report provides a guide to conducting health impact assessments. It stresses the importance ...
