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A quality improvement project at a Michigan long-term care facility resulted in a decrease in the prevalence of chronic pain among its residents from 33% in March 2000 to 18% currently.
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Question: Our hospital routinely surveys patients and family members to gauge satisfaction with our services, but so far we havent really used those results in our accreditation efforts.
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A walking tour of each patient care area that includes clinical alarms could reveal both problems and solutions you might not otherwise consider, says Britton Berek, CCE, MBA, associate director of the standards interpretation group for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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As quality improvement professionals tackle the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations patient safety goals, one of the goals is proving to be more challenging and confounding than the others.
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The Partnership for Human Research Protection recently announced the approval of final standards for a new accreditation program to safeguard the interests of human subjects participating in research efforts.
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Changes are needed in the education of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to improve patient safety and quality of care, according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Washington, DC.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a new web-based tool that can help hospitals enhance their patient safety performance by quickly detecting potential medical errors in patients who have undergone medical or surgical care.
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The occurrence of medical errors made by health care providers against patients has been at the forefront of the media in recent years.
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At Oxford Health Plans based in Trumbull, CT, 3% of its members account for half of the plans medical costs.
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Often in health plans, disease management is in one silo, case management is in another, pharmacy management is in another, and they may not interrelate.