Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – December 1, 2002
December 1, 2002
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New performance model helps transform Veterans Health agency
Any change model that can transform a government agency successfully must be powerful stuff indeed, and it seems that the High Performance Development Model (HPDM) at the Department of Veterans Affairs/Veterans Health Administration (VHA), in Washington, DC, has done just that. -
New application tracks nursing care, results
A software application developed by the University of Michigan School of Nursing in Ann Arbor offers the promise of providing a means to collect comparable data for nursing care in the areas of diagnosis, intervention, and outcomes, resulting in far more accurate information both for self-evaluation and benchmarking across health care organizations. -
Hospital building design boosts patient safety
Even before the first spade was turned in the ground, the new St. Josephs Hospital building in Westbend, WI, was far safer than its predecessor. This was by design construction design, that is. -
Physicians help achieve quality diabetes care
A program cosponsored by the Washington, DC-based National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in Alexandria, VA, has placed a strong emphasis on physician-level quality measurement and reporting for diabetes treatment. -
Benchmarking process: Select targets for change
Collection of baseline data was completed in spring 2000; the findings did not hold any major surprises, recalls Julie Jones, MA, director of resource development for the CHA. -
IOM to study alternative, complementary medicine
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and 16 Federal cosponsors have unveiled plans for an Institute of Medicine (IOM) study of the scientific and policy implications of the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by the American public.