Category: Quality

Does Nursing Home Compare reflect patient safety in nursing homes?

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Brauner D, Werner RM, Shippee TP, Cursio J, Sharma H, Konetzka RT. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37:1770-1778.

Patient engagement in health care safety: an overview of mixed-quality evidence.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Sharma AE, Rivadeneira NA, Barr-Walker J, Stern RJ, Johnson AK, Sarkar U. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37:1813-1820.

Improving Diagnosis.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Deutsch E, ed. PA-PSRS Pa Patient Saf Advis. 2018 Oct 31;15(suppl 1):1-70.

Firing of St. Louis nurse for violating mandatory flu shot policy sparks protest

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2 more infant deaths reported amid bacterial outbreak at New Jersey NICU

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Selecting quality wound & skin care products

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IU Health performs liver transplant on state’s oldest recipient

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Study highlights top factors for predicting terminal patients’ deaths

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5 hospitals awarded CDC grants to develop antibiotic resistance solutions

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50 Hawaii hospital employees reportedly infected in scabies outbreak

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