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Janine Jagger, PhD, MPH, whose research and advocacy brought attention to the preventable hazards posed by needle devices, has received a MacArthur Foundation award, which provides an unrestricted award of $100,000 for five years. Jagger, who is director of the International Health Care Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, says she plans to use the funds to expand the centers work in developing countries.
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A primary goal of the Shared Visions New Pathways survey process is to make the system meaningful instead of concentrating on rote recitations of standards or paperwork that seems to indicate compliance but may not.
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Hospitals are paying much more attention to their Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations-mandated emergency preparedness plans now that terrorist threats could call them into action at any time.
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The Joint Commissions new approach to surveys promises benefits and improvements over the traditional methods, but dont let your guard down just yet. Those who have tried out the new process caution that you could see worse scores under the new system, and you need to start working right now to get ready for the change in 2004.
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The self-assessment requirement in the Shared Visions New Pathways survey process may not be a shock to anyone who has used self-assessment tools already in preparing for a survey.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations still is working out the details of how it will render an accreditation decision and how it will communicate that decision.
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One strategy for improving the quality of health care is to evaluate providers and plans, and to publish the results to help consumers make more informed choices.
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The continuing shortage of nurses in the United States has a direct effect on patients survival after surgery, according to a new study.
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For the third year in a row, health care quality in the United States improved substantially, despite broad public concerns over cost, the uninsured, patient safety, and other systemwide ills, according to a new report from the Washington, DC-based National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
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Is your organization plagued by performance-improvement initiatives that fail to achieve their intended goals? Are gains short-lived?
