The Optimizing Obstetric Care Quality Initiative was launched to address persistently elevated obstetric length of stay (LOS), which had drifted two standard deviations above peer benchmarks. Early ...

While many physician assistant students learn about quality improvement projects during clinical rotations, few actually participate, according to the results of a study presented at the American ...

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 ...

For the first time, final data from a national quality improvement (QI) project, consisting of 786 accredited cancer programs across the U.S., reveal cancer screenings were able to quickly resume even ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cardiac arrest prevention quality improvement program provided sustained benefits in participating hospitals.

The old adage of learning from your mistakes isn’t just good advice for people; it applies to healthcare organizations as well. When hospitals make mistakes in the ...

The author shares observations on several common factors across various clinical settings that can determine success or failure in quality improvement. I have spent more than 15 years working with ...

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 ...