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Value and Patient Safety
This piece discusses efforts to promote the business case for safety and quality in health care.
While the costs of medical error to patients are well appreciated, the direct costs to institutions, especially if error does not result in litigation, are less so. Even when errors increase length of stay or require additional interventions, these events... Read More
The relationship between nurse staffing and the quality and safety of care has been reported. This study compares three strategies of nurse staffing to determine their impact on costs, associated hospital days, adverse outcomes, and... Read More
Implementation of smart infusion pumps resulted in both improved patient safety and cost savings, making a strong business case for investing in this patient safety intervention.
One of the seminal achievements in the patient safety field, the Keystone ICU project accomplished impressive short-term and long-term reductions in health care–associated infections in... Read More
This quality improvement project sought to prevent harmful or unnecessary care through a combination of electronic health record alerts and provider... Read More
Progress has been achieved in several areas of patient safety, but the cost-effectiveness of successful interventions remains an important question for policymakers and organizational... Read More
This study used actuarial methods to conclude that each preventable adverse event costs hospitals approximately $900, in contrast to another recent study that demonstrated that hospitals may actually profit when patients... Read More
The uptake of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) in community hospitals has been slow due to difficulties associated with implementation and uncertainty about... Read More
This publication reports on a workshop that explored methods to engage patients and families in safety improvement efforts, including shared decision making and providing information to... Read More
