Leaders at the forefront of quality improvement should keep several guiding ideas in mind as they strive for success and seek to effectively carve out a path in that often-complex area. It's during ...

Implementing shared decision making (SDM), recommended in screening mammography by national guidelines for women age 40-49 years, faces challenges that innovations in quality improvement and team ...

The effectiveness of a unique two-pronged educational program has shown significant improvements in knowledge of quality principles by leaders as well as the successful design and launch of quality ...

A collection of articles and PowerPoint presentations that provide new improvers (people interested in problem solving and process improvement) with an introduction to the problem solving framework ...

Continuous electronic monitoring with telemetry is an important hospital practice for monitoring patients who are at high risk of serious cardiac events. Unfortunately, it is often overutilized. When ...

The book, "Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement," by Amitava Mitra is a text suitable for use in university classes, but a business owner needs more concrete and practical advice that can ...

Shuman Ghosemajumder, Google’s business product manager for Trust & Safety at Google, has responded via his blog to the Click Quality Council’s Cornerstone Principles for Pay-Per-Click Quality ...

Physician burnout is a frontline challenge of US health care, with estimates suggesting a burnout rate approaching 50 percent among practicing physicians. The organizational drivers of burnout in ...

Two presurgery checklists from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Strong for Surgery (S4S) program that incorporate best practices for engaging patients in preparing for their upcoming operations ...