As businesses try to do more with less and respond to economic pressures, they are naturally interested in reducing costs by improving processes throughout their organizations. A number of ...
Process and Control Improvement (PC&I) project planning is quite critical to the health of your business. Establishing a process improvement initiative helps maintain both quality and efficient ...
When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...
A holistic approach to healthcare quality improvement that focuses on systems instead of separate, individual elements has been successful in many organizations, according to a report by participants ...
Almost two decades ago, the landmark report “To Err is Human” compelled healthcare to address the large numbers of hospitalized patients experiencing preventable harm. Concurrently, it became clear ...
“At the heart of improvement is small testing for change,” says Julie Kliger, MPA, BSN, RN, founder and principal of The Altos Group. Ms. Kliger has learned the value of conducting small tests of ...
“At the heart of improvement is small testing for change,” says Julie Kliger, MPA, BSN, RN, founder and principal of The Altos Group. Ms. Kliger has learned the value of conducting small tests of ...
Within the framework of the ASCO Thematic Quality Training Program, we sent the Mini Z 2.0 Survey to 47 pediatric oncology providers. Applying a fishbone diagram and Pareto chart, we analyzed ...
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 ...