Search Tag: quality improvement

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Staffing-shortages-challenge-the-ability-of-primary-care-teams-to-implement-quality-improvement

2023 05 Oct

In a new study, researchers aimed to identify the factors leading primary care practice personnel to reject participation in quality improvement (QI) projects. The outcome of the study is to prompt reflection on the need for new strategies aimed at improving the attractiveness of QI projects.   What we currently know is that QI projects facilitate...Read more

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Isquas-39th-international-conference

2023 27 Aug

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Improving-quality-of-care-the-vital-role-of-peoples-voices

2022 28 Mar

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Educating-physicians-to-be-leaders

2019 26 Aug

Summary: For the clinician leaders healthcare desperately needs, training has to begin in medical school and continue throughout a career.   The connection between great leaders and successful organisations that effectively innovate to remain competitive and provide shareholder value has been well demonstrated in business. To that end, many...Read more

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Reducing-risks-and-generating-economic-benefits-2

2019 26 Aug

Did you know that IV filtration in an intensive care unit (ICU) could help to reduce risks and generate economic benefits?   Introduction   Intravenous administration of fluids and drugs is an important part of patient care for the critically ill. However, the contamination of infusion solutions by particles is a largely unknown and underestimated...Read more

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People-powered-health-movement-for-patients

2019 22 May

The People Powered Health Movement is ignited by Accreditation Canada (AC) and the newly created Health Standards Organization (HSO) and has a bold ambition of achieving quality health services for all. This interview was conducted with Leslee J. Thompson during the International Patient Experience Symposium in Abu Dhabi. Health Standards...Read more

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Highlights-from-the-i-i-i-blog-1

2018 22 Sep

(I expert, I question, I answer)  Have you got something to say? Visit  https://healthmanagement.org/blog/index  or contact [email protected].  Bethan Herring Emergency Department Clinical Fellow - Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK TOP QUOTE FROM BLOG Prompt cards in the Emergency Department “Prompt...Read more

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How-can-quality-improvement-be-learned-in-bite-sizes

2018 24 Aug

Quality Improvement (QI) methods in healthcare are normally delivered through classroom-based education. This traditional way of training individuals creates an abundance of barriers such as financial outlay, geographical spread of learners, suitable time and venues for hosting training sessions etc. for educating multi-professional groups who need...Read more

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Salus-2nd-european-healthcare-design-2016

2016 27 Jun

Global forum, holistic approach  Providing an interdisciplinary forum for policy advisors, researchers and practitioners from around the globe, the 2nd European Healthcare Design 2016 (EHD 2016) Congress & Exhibition will be held on 27–28 June, 2016 at the Royal College of Physicians in London, UK. Organised by Architects for Health and SALUS Global...Read more

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Hospital-meals-sit-up-for-better-health

2016 28 Mar

New research published in Journal of Advanced Nursing has confirmed what healthcare professionals have always known; patients often eat poorly, and that the hospital mealtime environment may contribute to this problem. Wiley researchers observed 601 meals in four hospital wards during 2013 and made the following interesting findings: ·      ...Read more

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High-reliability-health-care-summit-2016

2016 22 Feb

In the quest to eliminate preventable harm and consistently deliver outstanding care, many health care organizations seek to learn from the successes of high-reliability organizations (HROs). HROs operate in complex, dynamic environments where there is constant risk of catastrophic failure. Yet these organizations perform well day after day because...Read more

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Collaboration-biggest-challenge-for-healthcare-lean-management

2015 28 Sep

Use of Lean management methodology to improve care efficiencies is new for healthcare. A new report in The Journal of Nursing Administration describes how a Lean-based in the emergency department of a large hospital significantly reduced patients’ wait times and length of stay, while improving patient throughput and satisfaction level. The approach...Read more

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Acs-nsqip-data-more-accurate-than-administrative-data

2015 30 Jul

Data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP ® ) are more accurate than administrative data for driving surgical quality improvement in hospitals, according to two new studies presented at the 2015 ACS NSQIP National Conference in Chicago. The first study, conducted by Inova Health System in Virginia,...Read more

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Shadowing-improves-patient-care-experience

2015 29 Apr

Understanding every moment of the patient and family experience in their journeys through a healthcare system — from parking in the hospital garage to being treated in the ICU — is key to achieving patient-centred care. This is the philosophy behind a novel quality improvement programme implemented at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)....Read more

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Surgical-site-infection-tops-list-of-reasons-for-unplanned-readmissions

2015 08 Feb

Hospital readmissions present a major challenge for administrators working to reduce costs and improve care quality metrics. It is not only chronic medical conditions which can be problematic for hospitals wishing to avoid financial penalties for readmissions: many patients are readmitted with complications following surgical procedures. According...Read more

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Hospice-positively-impacts-medicare-hospitalisations-and-spending

2014 11 Nov

A study published in the 12 November issue of JAMA reports that hospice care for Medicare patients who are terminally ill with cancer is associated with fewer intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, lower rates of hospitalisation and invasive procedures, and significant reductions in medical expenditures during a patient’s final year of life....Read more

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Accreditation-a-common-quality-enhancing-strategy

2014 27 Oct

As many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pursue healthcare reforms in order to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), the development of national accreditation systems has become an increasingly common quality-enhancing strategy endorsed by payers, including Ministries of Health. For example, the Joint Learning Network (JLN) for Universal...Read more