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Are we just teaching to the test?
You can see the quote from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on almost any Web page devoted to quality improvement: Quality health care means doing the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right person and having the best possible results. -
White paper compares Lean and IHI
Even though hes an advisor for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Richard Scoville, PhD, is quick to tell you that Lean management or its related iterations in healthcare, Virginia Masons management system and Sutter Healths adaptation of it are really quite good. -
Popularity of safety walks surges
If you ask someone familiar with Lean management systems to name one of the things that makes those systems different from more traditional healthcare management, he or she may very well mention that leadership makes it a point to head to the front lines regularly. -
Ebola fears remain high, despite new guidelines
If you are an accredited hospital, you already know what to do if Ebola comes to your door. At least thats the theory. But what we think we know how to do, and what actually happens may not always coincide. -
Bioterrorism Watch: Traumatized health care providers may need stress counseling in horrific aftermath of bioterror attack
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Bioterrorism Watch: Dire straits: Plague released at concert
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Bioterrorism Watch: Winds of war: Researchers track airborne anthrax
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Restrict subspecialists to their own field or risk quality problems
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Reader Question: Emergency credentialing helps disaster response
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Six patient safety goals must be met by hospitals