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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. -
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. -
Emergency department hand hygiene, catheter placement remain IC challenges
At a time when Ebola and other emerging infections may first present at an emergency department (ED), researchers are finding a wide range of compliance or lack thereof with infection control measures. -
Bioterrorism Watch: Winds of war: Researchers track airborne anthrax
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Bioterrorism Watch: Dire straits: Plague released at concert
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Religion at the bedside: Do doctors have a calling?
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Special series on IRB Software for the Millennium: Georgia Tech designs on-line software for IRBs
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IRBs can implement and adapt own auditing programs, depending on need
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UM takes proactive training approach
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Bioterrorism Watch: Winds of war: Researchers track airborne anthrax