Researches

The evolution of healthcare quality measurement in USA

The Emerging Imperative for Health Care Quality Improvement

Quality measurement is fundamental to systematic improvement of the healthcare system. Whilst the United States has made significant investments in healthcare quality measurement and improvement, progress has been somewhat limited ....... Read More

The Emerging Imperative for Health Care Quality Improvement

There are widespread and growing concerns about the variable and too often inadequate quality of health care in the United States ....... Read More

Practice challenges in patient safety

The Emerging Imperative for Health Care Quality Improvement

Practice challenges in patient safety

Evaluation of service quality, improved Patient Safety and Patient Safety culture are structural components to improve safe practice in health services ....... Read More

Medication safety in emergency medical services

Infection control – delivering the message in the 21st century

Practice challenges in patient safety

Across healthcare, organizations are increasingly focused on improving patient safety. Yet in the prehospital setting, there is a paucity of information about the safety of care ....... Read More

Nurses' Psychosocial Barriers to Suicide Risk Management

Infection control – delivering the message in the 21st century

Suicide remains a serious health care problem and a sentinel event tracked by The Joint Commission. Nurses are pivotal in evaluating risk and preventing suicide ....... Read More

Infection control – delivering the message in the 21st century

The experiences gleaned from new and suddenly emergent infectious diseases (e.g. SARS, avian influenza or diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile)

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