Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – September 1, 2004
September 1, 2004
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Is it time to re-examine structure of your quality department?
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?Program enables 50 new initiatives in four months
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.Research to practice is a hard journey, experts say
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.JCAHO resource compares more than 16,000 facilities
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.Study shows 12-hour shifts increase errors
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.JCAHO unveils National Patient Safety Goals
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO) has released its 2005 National Patient Safety Goals that will apply specifically to hospitals.News Briefs
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.