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About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community was readmitted within 30 days and 1 in 3 adults (32.9 percent) was rehospitalized within one year of discharge. The implication is that many patients discharged from hospitals continue to be at-risk for…
In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conducted a two-week trial of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist in the main OR. The checklist was incorporated by using a Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. In 2009, we began a 14-week…
Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an important area for improvement during transitions.
The objective of this study was to describe health plan efforts to collect language data from its members, provide language services, and improve the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Key stakeholders agree better data on patients language are needed to effectively…
Health care executives have to ensure that new care models are implemented effectively and improved continuously.
Ten existential questions will make the difference between limping into the future and soaring to new heights.