Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) report disproportionally worse cancer mortality. Current global cancer control efforts focus predominantly on expanding access to multimodality treatment for ...

Almost two decades ago, the landmark report “To Err is Human” compelled healthcare to address the large numbers of hospitalized patients experiencing preventable harm. Concurrently, it became clear ...

Process improvement is often described in operational terms: streamline workflows, manage variation, eliminate waste, optimize revenue, and drive greater value to our customer. In healthcare, we ...

Some hospitals have videotaped medical procedures as part of quality improvement initiatives. While the idea of healthcare workers being videotaped may conjure thoughts of “Big Brother” and fears of ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

In the early 1990s, a number of hospitals created rapid-response teams or medical-emergency teams to identify and intervene early in the care of clinically critical patients. The promise of these ...

This panel was designed to provide reactions to the previous speakers from the perspectives of barriers to quality improvement research. Jeffrey Cohen of HRP Associates, Inc., discussed the questions ...

Some hospitals have videotaped medical procedures as part of quality improvement initiatives. While the idea of healthcare workers being videotaped may conjure thoughts of “Big Brother” and fears of ...

The objective of this work is to improve the quality of patient care in the admission office service of the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío (HUVR) by standardizing and systematizing its ...

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