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 ...

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 ...

Performance improvement processes are an integral part of an ambulatory surgery center’s long-term financial, operational and clinical success. ASCs must maintain a sound and robust performance ...

3 Easy Steps to a More Effective Quality Improvement Program Implementing an effective quality improvement program is not only essential to achieving accreditation by the Accreditation Association of ...

With the introduction of Partnership for Patients and other initiatives, healthcare organizations are focusing more than ever on improving patient safety. Quality improvement studies can help guide ...

My aha! moment about the zero-defect concept happened in 2009. We were discussing with a customer how to document all data created during the production process in order to enable a traceability ...

Recent Advances in the Development of Biomarkers and Chemoradiotherapeutic Approaches for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Quality improvement initiatives and health services research are often used to target ...