Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Antibiotics
This is a ripe target for further research, quality improvement, and antibiotic stewardship interventions.”.
July 2015
Presidential candidates quiet on one health issue: abortion
plans—from tax breaks and mandates to tort reform and quality improvement.
October 2008
Letter to the Editor
Dr. Cooke also emphasizes the need for physicians to be engaged in quality improvement, which is an important component of MOC. ... Many of the quality improvement activities in which physicians are already engaged in their own practices and health
January 2014
A better signal-to-noise ratio for guidelines
Image by iStock. In the era of quality improvement and translational science, guidelines are an important link between bench and bedside. ... People look at things as guidelines when they're not. Lower-quality recommendations get thrown into the mix.”.
June 2016
ACP honors outstanding chapter activities with Evergreen Awards
Missouri Chapter for Membership Outreach. The Missouri Chapter revolutionized the poster competition at their chapter meeting by introducing “Patient Safety & Quality Improvement” as a third category of resident poster competition.
May 2009
Simple tools, teamwork manage depression in primary care
Justin Coffey, MD, a neuropsychiatrist at Henry Ford Behavioral Health Services, who spoke at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)'s 22nd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care ... Baker, MD, a presenter at the Institute
March 2011
Practice uses ACP survey for peer review, quality improvement
The survey is based upon materials available from the Center for Practice Improvement and Innovation. ... The group plans another three-month reassessment in 2010 to measure changes in areas targeted for improvement.
February 2010
Rhode Island practice adopts patient-centered medical home
Gorelick, ACP Member, lead physician on the group's quality improvement and pay-for-performance projects. ... Gorelick. “Train extensively. Seek out funding from quality initiatives. Learn to use the technology to enhance your patient interaction and
September 2010
Managing risk: a little attention equals a lot of prevention
Yet many of the practices the CPI observed during its two-year quality improvement project failed to maintain a log of sample medicines given to patients during visits. ... They offered individual recommendations and resources for improvement, then
April 2008
Peers offer welcome, ongoing support
Lawrence, who credits them with some inherent advantages. Since some states may consider these programs to fall under quality improvement or peer review initiatives, and the conversations are typically not documented,
January 2021