Background: Despite increasing recognition that patients could play an important role in promotin...

September 20th, 2012
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A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...

September 9th, 2012
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Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...

September 9th, 2012
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America's health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual, say...

September 6th, 2012
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The American Hospital Association's Physician Leadership Forum helps physicians and hospitals adv...

August 30th, 2012
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This web seminar provided participants with information about diversity management, cultural comp...

August 29th, 2012
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Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

August 6th, 2012
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Objective: Rates of venous thromboembolism as high as 58 percent have been reported after trauma,...

August 1st, 2012
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PLF hosted a session on achieving team-based health care delivery. David Nash, MD, founding dean ...

August 1st, 2012
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The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...

August 1st, 2012
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The Health Disparities Cancer Collaborative implemented six components of the chronic care model ...

August 1st, 2012
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This commentary was written by  Daren R. Anderson, MD, vice president and chief quality officer, ...

August 1st, 2012
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Purpose. This study assesses the impact of advance directives on end-of-life costs, drawing on ad...

August 1st, 2012
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This is a collection of resources around computerized physician order entry to assist in implemen...

August 1st, 2012
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This article discusses how clinically at-risk and socially disadvantaged populations may not be f...

August 1st, 2012
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Studies suggest that the presence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) adds a layer of complexity...

July 31st, 2012
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University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...

July 19th, 2012
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Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...

July 2nd, 2012
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Partner's created the Center for Connected Health to promote technology-enabled innovations in te...

July 2nd, 2012
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Kaiser maintains a number of operating units to identify and test innovations. The Center for Tot...

July 2nd, 2012
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