Case Studies
This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support the health of their employees and embody the mission of their organization.
A report by the Center for Post-acute Innovation & Research
In September 2004, ProHealth Care went public with its Consumer Inquiry Line, a 24-hour hotline that consumers can call to learn charges for common health care procedures.
The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiatives to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate services and to reduce disparities in health care.
This article presents four case studies of effective community and academic partnership that improved population health.
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury (the Departments) on January 29, 2010 released an interim final rule implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). The MHPAEA requires insurance plans that offer…
The Problem Administrative burdens and inefficient processes left nurses spending just one-third of their time caring for patients on the 52-bed medical/surgical unit. Most of their time was doing paperwork, hunting down supplies, documents and people and other non-direct care activities. Nurses…
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections and 27 percent of all infections acquired in the medical intensive care unit, according to the CDC. Mortality rates of 20 to 33 percent have been reported. The primary risk factor for hospital-acquired…