Articles Tagged With: improvement
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Advocates Unveil Plan to Accelerate Patient and Workplace Safety Improvements
The plan is built on four foundational areas developers contend all must be addressed to advance safety: leadership and culture, patient and family engagement, workforce safety, and the learning system.
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Orientation Checklist
There always is room for improvement regarding how new employees are trained and oriented. It is important to make sure a proper orientation process is documented and what it entails.
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Are Epidural Steroid Injections Cost-Effective?
In a retrospective review of patients treated for low back pain and lumbar radiculopathy at the Cleveland Clinic, at three- and six-month follow-up, epidural steroid injections were no better than conservative therapies in quality of life measures or overall cost of medical care.
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Fresh Approaches for Quality Assurance Hot Topic in Ethics Field
Quality assurance in clinical ethics work comes with some unique challenges, and many in the field desire to do it better.
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Drawing Connections Between ED Visits and Future Suicide Risk
Investigators studied what happened to patients in the year after they presented with signs of self-harm or suicidal ideation.
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Surgery Center’s QI Program Receives Top Scores From Patients
The surgery center’s success in patient and case outcomes is partly due to its focus on comprehensive patient education.
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Program Improves Discharge Instructions, Reduces Same-Day Cancellations
After many patients requested better discharge and recovery instructions, one center created a laminated sheet with illustrations and easy-to-understand language.
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Consultant: 2020 Will Bring Focus on Enterprise Quality Improvement
The new year will bring a continued focus on quality and costs. How will quality improvement professionals use enterprise systems to meet organizational goals?
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Revenue Cycle Needs Feedback From Patients and Family Advisors, Too
Patient and family advisory committees give valuable input at many hospitals. Often, though, the focus is on clinical processes more so than the revenue cycle, even though both matter to patients and families.