QI/TQM 2000 Index
QI/TQM 2000 Index
Ambulatory Care
Group clinics for elders, FEB:16
Improved through hospital-community networks, SEP:97
Nurse-driven care for elderly cardiac patients effects lifestyle changes, FEB:17
On-site collaboratives unify far-flung clinics, NOV:125
Phone triage proves there's a better way to treat a cold, DEC:138
Antibiotics
Evidence mounts for proper use, FEB:23
Phone triage proves there's a better way to treat a cold, DEC:138
Skin tests ensure safe penicillin use for 'allergic' patients, DEC:140
Asthma
Disease management reduces cost of care, JAN:1
Baldrige awards and criteria
No health care winner in first competition, FEB:22
Benchmarking
Apple-to-apple comparisons for surgical improvements, APR:46
Use of lowers restraint use, APR:48
Cardiac care
Assessed for cardiac procedures, JUN:69
Death rates fall 60% in 50 years, FEB:23
Disease management coordinates care of, JAN:1
Employer-based cardiac rehab cuts back-to-work time, MAY:54
High-volume hospitals have higher survival rates, OCT:109
Nurse-driven care for elderly cardiac patients effects lifestyle changes, FEB:17
Often similar among top-ranked and peer hospitals, AUG:88
Phone monitoring improves congestive heart failure outcomes, MAR:32
Chronic disease
Care models lag behind aging population, FEB:13
Demands multilevel care measures, FEB:18
Demographic highlights of approaching age wave, FEB:15
Disease management coordinates care of, JAN:1
Group clinics for elders, FEB:16
High-risk case management improves outcomes, OCT:114
Phone monitoring improves congestive heart failure outcomes, MAR:32
Clinical pathways
Hospital employs care pathways for QI and documentation, FEB:24
Complementary therapies
AHA to address growing interest in, MAY:59
Corporate influences on health care
Coalitions collaborate with providers on QI efforts, APR:40
Companies use value-based purchasing of benefits, APR:41
Employer coalitions deal directly with providers, APR:37
Employer-based cardiac rehab cuts back-to-work time, MAY:54
Employers want accountability for employee sick leave, MAY:49
Expert foresees growing implications for outcomes and accountability, MAR:34
Large purchasers consider evidence-based hospital referral, OCT:113
Purchasing group fosters marketplace cooperation, APR:42
Cost benefits
Conditions in monitored anesthesia, MAR:29
Costs for last inpatient day pale beside up-front costs, DEC:137
Disease management unlikely to reduce costs, JAN:1
Employers seek provider accountability in employee sick leave, MAY:49
High-risk case management improves outcomes, OCT:114
HMO collaborative simplifies data management, JUN:61
LOS is a dry well for further cost savings, DEC:133
Of computerized patient census sheets, MAY:60
Of provider-based phone monitoring for congestive heart failure patients, MAR:32
Of hospital-community networks, SEP:97
Of managers as patient advocates, SEP:104
Standard clinical forms reduce HMO administrative costs, JUN:65
Studied for monitored anesthesia, MAR:28
Vary in surgical fast-tracking, JAN:12
Data collection, reporting, analysis, application
Companies measure back-to-work strategies, MAY:53
Consumers want useful data from providers, AUG:92
Credibility of physician profiles questioned, AUG:90
Employer coalitions push for uniform health outcome measures, APR:37
Employers foster standard outcome measures in competing hospitals, APR:42
Episodes grouper features severity-stratified analyses, OCT:120
Gap between consumer data and consumer concerns, AUG:90
High-volume hospitals have higher survival rates, OCT:109
HMO collaborative simplifies data management, JUN:61
Hospital quality rankings may be weighted to administration and finance, AUG:85
LOS is a dry well for further cost savings, DEC:133
Noise-abatement effort starts with taking samples, NOV:124
Standard clinical forms could improve high-risk prenatal care, JUN:65
Data watch
AHRQ fact book available, Hospitalization in the United States, NOV:132
Web site serves consumer, professional users, MAR:36
Depression
Depression, anxiety could cause noncompliance, NOV:130
Diabetes care
Annual retinal screening cost-effectiveness questioned, OCT:120
Disease management coordinates care of, JAN:1
Disease management
Effective care model for asthma, diabetes, congestive heart failure, JAN:1
High-risk case management offers better outcomes, OCT:114
Prevalence of chronic conditions, FEB:15
Documentation of care
Standard clinical forms could improve high-risk prenatal care, JUN:65
Voice recognition software resolves delays, JAN:7
Emergency department
Barcode tracking speeds patient records retrieval, JAN:5
Hospital-community networks reduce unreimbursed visits, SEP:97
Reducing hospital noise pollution gives QI staff something to shout about, NOV:121
Visits down in high-risk case management initiative, OCT:116
Employee morale
Reducing hospital noise pollution gives QI staff something to shout about, NOV:121
Employee training
How to stage a successful in-house collaborative, NOV:126
Turn your file cabinets into 'finding systems', NOV:127
End-of-life care
Inadequate for dying children, SEP:107
Evidence-based medicine
Large purchasers consider hospital referral based on practice of, OCT:113
Rural hospital applies t-PA stroke care findings, MAR:29
Good Ideas!
How to engage doctors in QI projects, FEB:19
Grass Roots QI
Brockton Hospital's managers greet patients during peak hours, SEP:108
Brockton Hospital maintenance staff conduct patient rounds, AUG:96
Bronson Methodist Hospital employs care pathways for QI and documentation, FEB:24
St. Francis Hospital computerizes patient census sheets, MAY:60
University of Medicine & Dentistry lowers restraint use, APR:48
Guest Column
Harold Taylor and Mary Jo Strobel report cardiac procedure outcomes, JUN:69
Health care quality measures
Consumers want useful data from providers, AUG:92
Employers measure value by quality, outcomes, cost, APR:41
Hospital rankings heavier on administrative, financial than patient data, AUG:85
Large purchasers consider evidence-based hospital referral, OCT:113
Multilevel care measures critical to chronic care services, FEB:18
Solid metrics more reliable than volume-related outcomes, OCT:109
Timothy Hofer, MD, MSc challenges popular quality metrics, DEC:141
Web site provides performance data for consumer, professional audiences, MAR:36
Inserts
2000 Salary Survey results, NOV:Sup
Intensive Care Unit
Informal interventions improve utilization, SEP:105
Length of stay
Costs for last inpatient day pale beside up-front costs, DEC:137
LOS is a dry well for further cost savings, DEC:133
Managed care
HMO designs group clinics for eldercare, FEB:16
Payment mechanisms out of sync with innovative care models, FEB:17
Web site offers advice, Rx refills, information, OCT:117
Management/supervision
Asking 'why' simplifies procedures, APR:44
Managers as patient advocates, SEP:104
Managers make weekend rounds, SEP:102
Staff-level physicians make effective QI project leaders, JUN:68
Medication errors
Barcode scan reduces, JUN:72
Multidisciplinary system improves error reports, FEB:22
NCQA
Men's group faults new HMO criteria, APR:47
Timothy Hofer, MD, MSc challenges popular quality metrics, DEC:141
News Briefs
AHA to address interest in complementary therapies, MAY:59
Annual eye exams for diabetics questioned, OCT:120
Cardiac death rates fall 60% in 50 years, FEB:23
Depression, anxiety could cause noncompliance, NOV:130
Evidence mounts for proper antibiotic use, FEB:23
Glove offers safety in surgical procedures, MAY:59
Men's group faults new HMO criteria, APR:47
Multidisciplinary system improves error reports, FEB:22
No winner in first Baldrige health care competition, FEB:22
Patients want truth about tough choices, MAY:58
Physicians worry about need to treat sicker patients, OCT:119
Surgical fast-tracking cost benefits vary, JAN:12
Vitamins E and C reduce preeclampsia risk 76%, NOV:130
Pain management
Inadequate for dying children, SEP:107
Partnerships
Between clinicians and patients make healing relationships, JAN:9
Community health issues succeed through hospital networks, MAY:56
Patient education
Integration into clinical pathways, FEB:24
Patients want truth about tough choices, MAY:58
Phone triage proves there's a better way to treat a cold, DEC:138
Patient outcomes
Assessed for cardiac procedures, JUN:69
Critical component in chronic care measures, FEB:18
Early cervical and breast cancer detection improves survival rates, SEP:101
Equal one-third of quality equation, JUN:66
Extra oxygen aids post-op infection control, NOV:129
HMO collaborative seeks improved high-risk maternity outcomes, JUN:61
Improve when clinicians listen more, talk less, JAN:9
Often similar among top-ranked and peer hospitals, AUG:88
Standard clinical forms could improve high-risk prenatal care, JUN:65
Patient records
Barcoding systems for patient records, JAN:6
Barcode tracking speeds retrieval time, JAN:5
Episodes grouper features severity-stratified analyses, OCT:120
Patient satisfaction
Consumers want 'soft data', AUG:91
Employers collect employee feedback on health services, APR:40
Fast-track anesthesia pleases patients, saves resources, MAR:25
Greeters reduce visitor confusion, SEP:108
High-volume hospitals have higher survival rates, OCT:109
Improves in high-risk case management initiative, OCT:116
Improves as maintenance staff conduct rounds, AUG:95
Increased consumer power to make service a quality criteria, MAR:34
Managers make weekend rounds, SEP:102
Phone triage proves there's a better way to treat a cold, DEC:138
Reducing hospital noise pollution gives QI staff something to shout about, NOV:121
Web site offers advice, Rx refills, information, OCT:117
Pharmaceutical care
Web site offers pharmacist's advice, Rx refills, OCT:117
Physicians
Credibility of profiles in question, AUG:90
How to engage in QI projects, FEB:19
Peer group pressure effective in cost containment, FEB:20
Staff-level make effective QI project leaders, JUN:68
Underpaid, ill trained for employee rehab care, MAY:49
Worry about need to treat sicker patients, OCT:119
Policies and procedures
Improve ICU utilization, SEP:105
Simplify by asking 'why,' APR:44
Practice guidelines
Critical to t-PA stroke treatment, MAR:29
Improve ICU utilization, SEP:105
Prevention programs
Critical to effective chronic disease management, FEB:13
Early cervical and breast cancer detection improves outcomes, SEP:101
Professional savvy
2000 Salary Survey results, NOV:Sup
Crafting persuasive print messages, JAN:11
Staff-level physicians make effective QI project leaders, JUN:68
Turn your file cabinets into 'finding systems', NOV:127
Quality talk
Carolyn Boone Lewis challenges hospitals to cooperate, MAY:56
Timothy Hofer, MD, MSc challenges popular quality metrics, DEC:141
Keith Moore predicts results of increased consumer power, MAR:34
Ralph Pollock attributes rising costs partly to patient expectations, FEB:20
Rapid cycle change
Listservs expedite knowledge exchange, APR:45
Teams revamp perioperative services, AUG:93
Research
AHRQ fact book available, Hospitalization in the United States, NOV:132
Brain-wave monitor for anesthesia studied for cost savings, MAR:25
Cardiac death rates fall 60% in 50 years, FEB:23
Costs for last inpatient day pale beside up-front costs, DEC:137
Depression, anxiety could cause noncompliance, NOV:130
Evidence mounts for proper antibiotics use, FEB:23
Phone triage proves there's a better way to treat a cold, DEC:138
Scientists pronounce chicken soup a bona fide cold remedy, DEC:141
Surgical fast-tracking cost benefits vary, JAN:12
Vitamins E and C reduce preeclampsia risk 76%, NOV:130
Stroke care
T-PA treatment project, MAR:29
Supplement
Tracking medical errors, APR:Sup
Surgery
Apple-to-apple benchmarking for surgical improvements, APR:46
Brain-wave monitor fine-tunes anesthesia doses, MAR:28
Cost benefits of monitored anesthesia, MAR:29
Extra oxygen aids post-op infection control, NOV:129
Fast-track anesthesia saves resources, pleases patients, MAR:25
Four teams improve perioperative services, AUG:93
LOS is a dry well for further cost savings, DEC:133
On-time starts steady at 80%, AUG:95
Puncture-resistant glove provides safety, sensitivity, MAY:59
Teams
Revamp perioperative services, AUG:93
Technology
Barcode tracking speeds retrieval time, JAN:5
Barcode scan for inpatient medications, JUN:72
Barcoding systems for patient records, JAN:6
Brain-wave monitor fine-tunes anesthesia doses, MAR:28
Listservs expedite knowledge exchange, APR:45
Monitored anesthesia saves resources, pleases patients, MAR:25
Phone monitoring improves congestive heart failure outcomes, MAR:32
Rural hospital applies in stroke care, MAR:29
Thumbprint ID eliminates password in network access, JAN:12
Voice recognition software cuts radiology report cycle, JAN:7
Tech Watch
Barcode scan for medications, JUN:72
Episodes grouper features severity-stratified analyses, OCT:120
Thumbprint ID offers secure network access, JAN:12
Wait times
Slashed in perioperative initiative, AUG:95
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