Electronic health record data can identify gaps in maps used for quality improvement for high-risk processes such as hospital discharge when using the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) approach ...

Assisted living communities stand to benefit by embracing quality improvement as standard practice for sustainable change rather than as an optional add‑on.

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 ...

CNO-turned-executive director Kerri Scanlon remains passionate about healthcare excellence. As a nurse leader at Northwell Health in New York for more than 25 years, including chief nursing officer ...

Almost two decades ago, the landmark report “To Err is Human” compelled healthcare to address the large numbers of hospitalized patients experiencing preventable harm. Concurrently, it became clear ...

The growth of scientific management in the early 20th century equipped the business community with various tools designed to reduce costs and improve efficiency. In most companies today, organized ...

The objective of this work is to improve the quality of patient care in the admission office service of the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío (HUVR) by standardizing and systematizing its ...

The higher education accreditation system relies on infrequent, resource-intensive reviews that occur every five to 10 years, often creating lags in identifying and addressing quality concerns at ...

A quality management system (QMS) is essential to a safe and efficiently run diagnostic radiology department, providing quality clinical images while maintaining patient and staff radiation doses as ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...