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Disease eradication in the current age of bioterrorism inevitably raises the possibility of a defeated pathogen being weaponized. Thus, though smallpox has been eradicated in nature, it lives on as a potential bioweapon.
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The Leapfrog Group, based in Washington, DC, has developed the first public web-based compendium of incentive and reward programs aimed at improving health care in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
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A study published on-line by the journal Health Affairs indicates that hospital nurses working shifts of 12.5 hours or more are three times more likely to make an error than nurses working shorter shifts.
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As previously reported by Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement, hospital executives are paying more attention every day to report cards and other comparative data that provide information about hospital quality.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO) has released its 2005 National Patient Safety Goals that will apply specifically to hospitals.
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Evidence-based medicine; the term just sounds right doesnt it? Yet, while it flows easily off the tongues of quality professionals these days, that ease belies the true challenge of TRIP, Translating Research into Practice, which served as the focal point of a conference held in Washington, DC, July 12-14.
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Seton Northwest Hospital in Austin, TX, launched nearly 50 new quality initiatives in a single four-month period after deciding to articipate in the Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) program, which was launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, NJ, and the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
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Doesnt it make sense that a commitment to continuously improving performance should include a periodic review of the organizational structure that governs your QI efforts?
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