Today’s skilled nursing facilities face many challenges in the delivery of high-quality and safe care for vulnerable patient populations. Significantly, the very limited resources available in ...

A study released Thursday by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) shows that hospital quality improvement programs increase strain on nurses, aggravating an already difficult nursing ...

While unionization in nursing homes drastically changed staffing patterns in the sector, it didn’t measurably affect overall care quality. In reality, the ...

Quality measurement is an important tool for incentivizing improvement in the quality of health care. Most quality measurement efforts do not explicitly target health equity. Although some measurement ...

The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement program was associated with improved quality of skilled nursing facilities in hospital referral networks for patients undergoing surgery for joint replacement ...

An unannounced inspection was carried out by the Care Quality Commission in October.

HRSA Quality Improvement Awards exceed $700,000 in recognition of high quality and improvements MONTPELIER, VT – Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Vermont were recognized with Quality ...

The desire to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes is both an aspiration and a necessity for the NHS, while pressure ulcers have long been considered a preventable harm. However, despite ...

While many physician assistant students learn about quality improvement projects during clinical rotations, few actually participate, according to the results of a study presented at the American ...

Eight hospitals have received the Vermont Oxford Network Award for Excellence in Quality Improvement for their work caring for infants. The award is given to VON member teams who demonstrate ...