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This commentary presents a model developed to explore how health information technology affects care delivery.
This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identified a significant number of discrepancies between charted medications and actual medications being taken. The most common discrepancies were an incorrect medication documented in the chart, often from…
Saving lives and promoting community health certainly are commendable undertakings. To fully realize those goals, hospitals must be good environmental stewards.
This article assesses the potential impact of P4P on national hospital disparities using a two-metric ranking method: a quality rank and a disparity rank.
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides results that hospitals can use as one basis for comparison in their efforts to establish, improve, and maintain a culture of patient safety in their institutions.
In 2006, Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit health care system, chose seven pilots site with established palliative care programs to test improvements. The goal of the initiative was to spread leading strategies across the continuum of care throughout the system. An…
The Respecting Choices' advance care planning program, developed in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is a multi-faceted approach that depends on the re-design of the health care system in 4 domains.
AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diagnosis such as cancer, heart failure, or dementia. Their general health is declining and their care needs are increasing, as are unwanted emergency visits and hospitalizations. AIM helps them anticipate…
AHA friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Colorado governor's decision to opt out of Medicares physician supervision requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetists to improve access to care for rural residents.
Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pioneer Portfolio, OpenNotes is being tested by more than 100 doctors and 21,000 patients in Boston, rural Pennsylvania and Seattle. Researchers are surveying patients and doctors about their expectations before and experiences after engaging…