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The closed-door discussion focused on the best practices of organizations that have won or were finalists of the American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize. The discussion also explored how best practices can be disseminated at a faster pace to dramatically improve health care…
In many contexts, cesarean delivery has come to be regarded as the safer option, when in fact it has greater risks and c omplications than vaignal birth. Higher cesarean delivery rates have brought higher economic costs and greater health complications for motehr and baby, with little demonstrable…
About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community was readmitted within 30 days and 1 in 3 adults (32.9 percent) was rehospitalized within one year of discharge. The implication is that many patients discharged from hospitals continue to be at-risk for…
In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conducted a two-week trial of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist in the main OR. The checklist was incorporated by using a Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. In 2009, we began a 14-week…
Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an important area for improvement during transitions.
The objective of this study was to describe health plan efforts to collect language data from its members, provide language services, and improve the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Key stakeholders agree better data on patients language are needed to effectively…
Health care executives have to ensure that new care models are implemented effectively and improved continuously.