The "Learn About CUSP" module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit introduces CUSP and provides an overview of resources to use when applying the CUSP model. [D] Select for ...

Dartmouth College’s Center of Excellence is collaborating with the University of California at Berkeley, Harvard University, and the High Value Healthcare Collaborative to study the use of ...

Evidence is always evolving, so practices have to change if they are to stay current. Quality improvement (QI) is a systematic, data-driven process for managing that change. QI starts with the ...

OpenNotes is a tool that gives patients access to their medical records so they can read encounter notes. Patients can access their notes online through the patient portal or in hard copy from a ...

This module is the first of two parts discussing briefings and debriefings. Teamwork and culture improvement are a big part of this project. Evidence supports that addressing cultural issues in ...

Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement Pulmonary embolism resulting from DVT is the most common preventable cause of hospital death.

Existing measurement sets assess a limited number of factors. There may be health conditions, health services, or specific population subgroups of great interest for which established measures are ...

The Role of the Nurse Manager module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit addresses the role of nursing leaders for your quality improvement initiative. This module ...

Address correspondence to: Michael Pignone, M.D., M.P.H.; 5039 Old Clinic Building; UNC Hospitals; Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7110; E-mail: pignone@med.unc.edu This article originally appeared in the ...

R. Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A. What does healthcare in the United States look like? The answer, of course, is complicated. It depends on one's perspective. But regardless of how one attempts to address ...

December 12, 2023 First-of-Its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States ...

After this session, you will be able to identify the importance of staff and physician engagement, apply the principles of motivation to engage staff and physicians, and identify activities that ...