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Newspaper/Magazine Article
As industry automates, adverse events continue to haunt caregivers.
Wetzel TG. Health Data Manage. 2011 Feb;19:86, 88, 90 passim.
This article discusses how several health care organizations used health information technology to improve organizational transparency.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
Empowered to improve.
Gardner E. Mod Healthc. May 18, 2009;39:28-31.
This article describes how one health system markedly improved its quality and safety by applying a safety technique used in the nuclear power industry.
Journal Article > Commentary
Transformation of health care at the front line.
Conway PH, Clancy C. JAMA. 2009;301:763-765.
This commentary emphasizes five key drivers to improve health care delivery and suggests next steps to accomplish such changes.
Journal Article > Study
Identifying opportunities for quality improvement in surgical site infection prevention.
Gagliardi AR, Eskicioglu C, McKenzie M, Fenech D, Nathens A, McLeod R. Am J Infect Control. 2009;37:398-402.
This study conducted interviews with surgical division heads and managers of quality improvement and infection control at seven hospitals to highlight thematic strategies for preventing surgical site infections. The authors advocate for a combination of educational initiatives, performance data, explicit accountabilities that trigger action, and engaged champions to succeed in the team-oriented effort.
Journal Article > Study
Failure to rescue as a process measure to evaluate fetal safety during labor.
Beaulieu MJ. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2009;34:18-23.
This study discovers that using selected failure to rescue process measures may help identify areas for improvement in perinatal care.
Journal Article > Study
Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals.
Brand CA, Tropea J, Ibrahim JE, et al. Med J Aust. 2008;189:35-40.
Australian hospitals are using a wide variety of measurement tools to evaluate patient safety, including both process measurement and quantitative measurement methods.