Just over 20 years ago, the Institute of Medicine released two seminal reports on the need to improve healthcare quality—one ...

Slide 20: Who is involved in shared decision making in the clinical setting? Slide 21: Collaborative roles in shared decision making—Key Roles Slide 22: Collaborative roles in shared decision ...

“Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting” is a four-module program designed for intensive care unit, or ICU, nurses to gain a sense of confidence and demonstrate competence in catheter-associated urinary ...

Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care ...

In 2021, the top 1 percent of people with high expenses accounted for 24 percent of all healthcare expenditures, while the bottom 50 percent of people with high expenses accounted for less than 3 ...

Patients may be exposed to multiple devices (PVCs, CVCs, UCs, and ventilators) at any time. We underscore the importance of collaboration among the interprofessional team to create a safer environment ...

Berriel-Cass D, Adkins F, Jones P, et al. Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Jt Comm J Qual ...

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Once the business case has been made for medication reconciliation and leadership support has been obtained, the next steps toward building the foundation for your project include: Identify and ...

As part of a previous task order for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), we developed a site selection matrix for use in the selection of Alternative Care Sites (a.k.a. Alternate ...

Post-event evacuations have occurred either following Advanced Warning Events (i.e., if the decision was made to shelter-in-place during the event, but subsequent damage was sufficient to necessitate ...

A number of different approaches can be used to address delays in recognition and escalation of obstetric emergencies. Several approaches that have demonstrated benefit in other aspects of perinatal ...