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At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients they're handing over—or at least they strive to. In reality, they might not spend enough time talking about the toughest cases, according to a study led by the University of Michigan.
In an era of team-based care, nurses are increasingly taking on new leadership roles. Beatrice Kalisch, R.N., professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, talks to H&HN Senior Editor Suzanna Hoppszallern about the benefits of collaborative care.
Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patients' families, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta significantly reduced infections among its pediatric patients. The campaign started at the 529-bed health care organization in 2006 with the goal to…
This how-to guide describes the essentials elements of preventing obstetrical adverse events, including the safe use of oxytocin and key evidence-based care components in the IHI Perinatal Bundles: IHI Elective Induction Bundle (Oxytocin), IHI Augmentation Bundle (Oxytocin) and the IHI Vacuum…
A monograph from the Association of American Medical Colleges, in partnership with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, examines the role of the chief diversity officer in academic health centers. The report discusses complexities and challenges associated with the chief diversity…
The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approach utilizing education and development of practice bundles, which, over the past four years, has enabled Children's Healthcare to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections among…
Electronic Health Records implementation is still highly heterogeneous across health care systems and providers, and this heterogeneity leads to equally variable implications for patient safety. For instance, the priorities for patient safety in an organization in the midst of an EHR rollout differ…
Joint ventures between investor-owned and nonprofit health care organizations are not new; in fact, they have occurred for at least 25 years. Until recently, nonprofits were employing this type of transaction to address their need for capital without 'selling out' and losing control over a vital…
Authors William F. Jessee, MD and David Rowlee, Ph. D. from Integrated Healthcare Strategies, discuss the evolution of hospital/physician relationships from alignment to engagement and integration as a critical path for the improved performance necessary to achieve greater value. They focus on the…