New study findings show the vast majority of small-scale quality improvement (QI) projects in surgery suffer from poor planning that can doom the effort from the start. To address this challenge, ...

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 ...

Quality measurement is an important tool for incentivizing improvement in the quality of health care. Most quality measurement efforts do not explicitly target health equity. Although some measurement ...

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 ...

Quality Improvement (QI) projects require a series of distinct steps and timely data collection that will allow clinics to see if changes are yielding results, a consultant told attendees at a ...

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 ...

Practical examples of advanced practice provider–led initiatives that improve safety, symptom management, and patient ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.