Hospital Administration - Quality Assurance News & Articles

101 The Effect of a Resident-Led Quality Improvement Project on Improving Communication Between Hospital-Based and Outpatient Physicians American Journal of Medical Quality, April 12, 2013    Review Article

102 The role of an intermediate unit in a clinical pathway Full Text International Journal of Integrated Care, April 12, 2013

103 3 mHealth trends playing on world stage Full Text Government Health IT, April 12, 2013

104 NCQA, RWJF Create Analytics-Based Tool for Population Health Full Text Healthcare Informatics, April 12, 2013

105 Treatment speed and high load in the Emergency Department--does staff quality matter Health Care Management Science, April 12, 2013    Review Article

106 Governance of natural health products regulation: An iterative process Health Policy, April 11, 2013    Review Article

107 Parent perceptions of childrens hospital safety climate BMJ Quality & Safety, April 11, 2013    Review Article

108 ONC Officially Launches State Meaningful Use Challenge 2.0 Full Text Healthcare Informatics, April 11, 2013

109 Assessing patient safety culture in hospitals across countries International Journal for Quality in Health Care, April 11, 2013    Review Article

110 Ontario's Primary Care Reforms Have Transformed The Local Care Landscape, But A Plan Is Needed For Ongoing Improvement Health Affairs, April 10, 2013    Review Article

111 A Survey Of Board Chairs Of English Hospitals Shows Greater Attention To Quality Of Care Than Among Their US Counterparts Full Text Health Affairs, April 10, 2013    Review Article

112 How Health Systems Could Avert 'Triple Fail' Events That Are Harmful, Are Costly, And Result In Poor Patient Satisfaction Health Affairs, April 10, 2013    Review Article

113 Improving the quality of palliative and terminal care in the hospital by a network of palliative care nurse champions: the study protocol of the PalTeC-H project Full Text BMC Health Services Research, April 9, 2013    Review Article

114 Approaches Based On Behavioral Economics Could Help Nudge Patients And Providers Toward Lower Health Spending Growth Health Affairs, April 9, 2013    Review Article

115 Engaging primary care practitioners in quality improvement: making explicit the program theory of an interprofessional education intervention Full Text BMC Health Services Research, April 9, 2013    Review Article

116 CDC releases National Healthcare Safety Network annual report Full Text American Hospital Association News, April 9, 2013

117 The effect of quality and socio-demographic variables on efficiency measures in primary health care The European Journal of Health Economics, April 8, 2013    Review Article

118 Assessment of competency in clinical measurement: comparison of two forms of sequential test and sensitivity of test error rates to parameter choice International Journal for Quality in Health Care, April 8, 2013    Review Article

119 CMS finalizes rule on Medicaid expansion payments Full Text American Hospital Association News, April 8, 2013

120 Dual-Stiffness Flooring: Can It Reduce Fracture Rates Associated With Falls Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, April 5, 2013    Review Article

1 Initiating Call Center Protocols to Decrease Hospital Admissions Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, March 6, 2013    Review Article

2 Framing quality improvement tools and techniques in healthcare: the case of Improvement Leaders Guides Journal of Health, Organisation and Management , March 22, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

3 7 Ways that Nurse Staffing Impacts Profitability AMN Healthcare News, March 18, 2013    Free full text

4 Seven Million Americans Live In Areas Where Demand For Primary Care May Exceed Supply By More Than 10 Percent Health Affairs, March 11, 2013    Review Article

5 Health facility planning in the post-reform era Health Facilities Management, April 24, 2013    Free full text

6 Safety Assurance Factors for Electronic Health Record Resilience (SAFER): study protocol BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making, April 17, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

7 Does Litigation Increase or Decrease Health Care Quality: A National Study of Negligence Claims Against Nursing Homes Medical Care, April 19, 2013    Review Article

8 Medicare CMO Encourages Hospitalists to Become Experts in Managing Quality Patient Care The Hospitalist, April 16, 2013    Free full text

9 Effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist in a High Standard Care Environment Medical Care, April 25, 2013    Review Article

10 How to achieve optimal organization of primary care service delivery at system level International Journal for Quality in Health Care, February 19, 2013    Review Article

11 Improving Wait Times and Patient Satisfaction in Primary Care Journal for Healthcare Quality , March 11, 2013    Review Article

12 A novel approach to improving emergency department consultant response times BMJ Quality & Safety, February 4, 2013    Review Article

13 Changes in quality of life into adulthood after very preterm birth and/or very low birth weight in the Netherlands Health and Quality of Life Outcomes , April 1, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

14 CDC releases National Healthcare Safety Network annual report American Hospital Association News, April 9, 2013    Free full text

15 Governance of natural health products regulation: An iterative process Health Policy, April 11, 2013    Review Article

16 Medical Homes Require More Than an EMR and Aligned Incentives The American Journal of Managed Care, March 8, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

17 The relationship between local area labor market conditions and the use of Veterans Affairs health services BMC Health Services Research, April 1, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

18 Using quality assurance monitoring to improve satisfaction Health Facilities Management, April 24, 2013    Free full text

19 The Mismeasurement of Quality by Readmission Rate: How Blunt Is too Blunt an Instrument?: A Quantitative Bias Analysis Medical Care, April 25, 2013    Review Article

20 Lost in hospital: a qualitative interview study that explores the perceptions of NHS inpatients who spent time on clinically inappropriate hospital wards Health Expectations, April 25, 2013    Review Article