Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – July 1, 2003
July 1, 2003
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Common performance measures: Worthy goal or unrealistic aim?
Is a common framework for quality possible, given the wide variety of facilities and systems that exist? Is such a framework a worthy goal? And if the answer to the first two questions is yes, how are quality managers to balance that commonality with the needs of patients and their own unique set of priorities? -
AHA renews call, sees results from national initiative
The Chicago-based American Hospital Association (AHA) recently renewed its call for hospitals to participate in a national voluntary initiative, devoted to developing a common framework for measuring hospital care quality and disclosing that information to the public. -
Benchmarking fine-tunes health efforts for workers
Hospital health care professionals are no strangers to corporate mergers, which can present some unique challenges when it comes to benchmarking. -
Restructuring fosters better communication
While not always easy to achieve, effective communications can be critical to the success of any quality initiative. For Sutter Health Sacramento (CA) Sierra Region, it not only meant improved performance but the receipt of a prestigious award. -
BP guidelines establish pre-hypertension diagnosis
New clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, detection, and treatment of high blood pressure have been released by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in Bethesda, MD. -
New AHRQ Internet tool checks patient safety
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, MD, has developed a new web-based tool that can help hospitals enhance their patient safety performance by quickly detecting potential medical errors in patients who have undergone medical or surgical care. -
Better work force training to improve quality of care
Changes are needed in the education of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to improve patient safety and quality of care, according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Washington, DC. -
JCAHO revises scoring for patient safety goal
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has changed how it scores organizations on its National Patient Safety Goal to eliminate wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure surgery. -
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