Guides/Reports

    Call to Action: Safeguarding the Integrity of Healthcare Quality and Safety Systems

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    It is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. ...

    October 25th, 2012
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    Medication Errors During Patient Transitions into Nursing Homes: Characteristics and Association With Patient Harm

    Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an im...

    December 1st, 2011
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    Implementing the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist: A Model for Future Perioperative Initiatives

    In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

    December 1st, 2011
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    Primary Care, Everywhere: Connecting the Dots Across the Emerging Health Landscape

    This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models th...

    November 1st, 2011
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    Care Is Expensive for Mentally Ill Veterans, but Quality Is as Good or Better Than Other Health Systems

    Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than car...

    October 19th, 2011
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    First-Ever Scorecard of State Performance on Long-Term Services and Supports Finds Wide Variation in Care and Support for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

    A report released jointly by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN F...

    September 8th, 2011
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