Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – March 1, 2008
March 1, 2008
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OHRP action shuts down quality improvement research in Michigan
Recent actions taken by the U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services' Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) have resulted in the temporary suspension of collaborative research of Johns Hopkins University and Michigan hospitals involving a checklist for reducing the incidence of infection in intensive care units. -
Magnet facility credits communication for success
Baptist Health System of Jacksonville, FL, has become one of only 13 health care systems nationwide to achieve recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Magnet health care system, an international quality designation considered the "gold standard" for nursing and clinical care. -
Bidding systems address U.S. nursing shortage
While nursing shortages are seen in nearly every market in the United States, the state of Louisiana has been hit with a double-whammy, following Hurricane Katrina and the attendant loss of health care professionals through relocation. -
VAP: Just how good a benchmark is it really?
The headline pulls no punches. It reads: "Ventilator-associated pneumonia the wrong quality measure for benchmarking." -
'Modest' benefits seen with use of hospitalists
As the use of hospitalists continues to grow, the ability to demonstrate the benefits of having these professionals on staff also grows in importance. Accordingly, the findings of a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine1 should be of particular interest to quality managers. -
News Briefs
Leapfrog Group names Leah Binder new CEO; QUEST advisors named