Category: Quality

300,000 people flee Congo, risking Ebola’s spread

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Clara Maass Medical Center’s Dr. Naveen Ballem on being its first clinical effectiveness chief and why focusing on process improvement is key

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Nurse practitioners to undergo training for opioid treatment thanks to new law

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How 1 hospital saved over $300K in 4 months: a new approach to sepsis treatment

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Mount Carmel West won’t lose CMS funding

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When order sets do not align with clinician workflow: assessing practice patterns in the electronic health record.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Li RC, Wang JK, Sharp C, Chen JH. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 Jun 4; [Epub ahead of print].

New persistent opioid use after postoperative intensive care in US veterans.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Karamchandani K, Pyati S, Bryan W, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019 Jun 5; [Epub ahead of print].

Failure to report poor care as a breach of moral and professional expectation.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Ion R, Olivier S, Darbyshire P. Nurs Inq. 2019 Jun 4; [Epub ahead of print].

Physician impairment and rehabilitation: reintegration into medical practice while ensuring patient safety: a position paper from the American College of Physicians.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Candilis PJ, Kim DT, Sulmasy LS; ACP Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Jun 4; [Epub ahead of print].

A safety evaluation of the impact of maternity-orientated human factors training on safety culture in a tertiary maternity unit.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Ansari SP, Rayfield ME, Wallis VA, Jardine JE, Morris EP, Prosser-Snelling E. J Patient Saf. 2019 May 28; [Epub ahead of print].