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 ...

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 ...

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Watershed Stewardship is accepting project proposals for matching grants for community water quality improvement ...

Flow cytometry–triggered genomic testing and automation reduced turnaround times for AML diagnostics, enhancing personalized therapy and patient care. The initiative involved clinician education, a ...

ROCKVILLE, Md.—Ten medical schools have been selected to participate in a two-year quality improvement project to refine, implement and assess a competency-based obesity education curriculum, The ...

Depressed fat man sitting on bed at home, worried about overweight, insecurities Depression and obesity are commonly seen together, with obesity increasing the risk for depression and depression ...

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) report disproportionally worse cancer mortality. Current global cancer control efforts focus predominantly on expanding access to multimodality treatment for ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced the availability of funds for water quality improvement and protection ...

Quality improvement (QI) programs have rapidly grown in health care over recent years. Despite increasing evidence of successful QI initiatives resulting in improved outcomes, the adoption and ...

Here are three ways hospital department managers can avoid push back or hesitance by employees during new quality improvement projects, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 1.