Implementing shared decision making (SDM), recommended in screening mammography by national guidelines for women age 40-49 years, faces challenges that innovations in quality improvement and team ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The OR/MS research and publication process provides a particularly effective setting in which to illustrate and emphasize the importance of ...

A collection of articles and PowerPoint presentations that provide new improvers (people interested in problem solving and process improvement) with an introduction to the problem solving framework ...

Rather than a specific management tool or process, Total Quality Management (TQM) is an approach that small business owners or managers hold in running their company. They focus on quality and price ...

“Lean” methodology creates quality improvement and leadership capacity, which is currently missing in ambulatory care settings. Failure to create this capacity will minimize transformation efforts.

Synthesize knowledge from liberal education, the sciences, and nursing to address the diverse health needs of individuals, families, and communities across the lifespan. Integrate nursing research, ...

The UAB School of Nursing’s Quality Improvement Scholars fellowship offers Doctor of Nursing Practice faculty members the opportunity to work with quality and safety research faculty to ultimately ...

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 ...

As healthcare reform focuses more attention on patient outcomes, nurses’ importance in clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction is becoming more apparent. To make a lasting impact on patient safety ...