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• Video Overview of the PDSA Cycle

  
  Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog — Authority: 504
  Robert Lloyd, PhD From the IHI Open School ’s, presents a nice overview of the PDSA Cycle (plan-do-study-act) . The webcast includes an example of using PDSA to improve the discharge process for a hospital. As I have said many times the keys to success are to turn the PDSA cycle rapidly, predict the results ...
  4 days ago

• Healthcare Hijinks: Catholics, Rockefeller & Repubs

  
  Wade Rathke: Chief Organizer Blog — Authority: 424
               Buffalo             Driving through neighborhoods on first the east side and then the west side of Buffalo was a reminder of what happens in America when your issues fall to the bottom of the pile.  The impact of deindustrialization was an ever present scar even when we found ...
  1 week ago

• Our Doctor, the Government

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Forget the public option, abortion and all the other divisive questions in the health-care debate: The most important issue for patients and their doctors is the transfer of decision-making power from bedside to the federal government. The bill that Sen. Harry Reid aims to pass in the Senate would mandate that every ...
  1 week ago

• Consumer Health Quality Council Debuts PSAs

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 127
  Nicole Hall and Bing Chen, two students at the BU School of Public Health, have created two Public Service Announcements highlighting the stories of members of the Consumer Health Quality Council. The 30-second version is above; there’s also a longer, 1:41 version. The Consumer Health Quality Council brings together ...
  1 week ago

• Health Aging Forum Looks at Patient-Centered Care For Seniors

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 127
  This week’s Healthy Aging Forum featured Dr. Walter Leutz’s results from his study on how to create an environment where people achieve healthy aging. The report, Healthy Aging in the Commonwealth:Pathways to Lifelong Wellness (pdf) includes several recommendations to help all of us get there. Importantly, Dr. ...
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• QCC To Meet Wednesday

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 127
  The Health Care Quality and Cost Council will be meeting on Wednesday, December 16, from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at 21st Floor, 1 Ashburton Place, Boston.The agenda includes: - Committee reports and discussion on A. Quality and Safety B. Cost Containment C. Communications and Transparency D. Advisory Committee- ...
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• E.R. Policy Leads to Innovations for Reducing Wait Times

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 127
  According to a Boston Globe article, wait times in emergency rooms have not increased as a result of a new Massachusetts policy that took effect earlier this year requiring hospitals to accept all ambulances rather than diverting them to other hospitals when their emergency rooms are overcrowded. The policy led to ...
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• 10 Years After “To Err is Human”: An Assessment of Progress (and a Webinar!)

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 127
  The January 2010 issue of Health Affairs includes an article looking at progress in patient safety in the 10 years since the Institute of Medicine issued its seminal report “To Err is Human” which found that medical errors cause up to 98,000 deaths per year. The author, Dr. Robert M. Wachter, is associate chair ...
  2 weeks ago

• HCFA Letter to Editor Points Out Consumer Role in Health Care

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 127
  The New York Times Magazine yesterday published a letter-to-the-editor sent in by HCFA in response to the article on Intermountain Healthcare that was published 3 weeks ago (read our blog overview of the story . The letter points out that while the article focuses on the high quality of care provided at Intermountain ...
  3 weeks ago

• Infections Going Down for Many Possible Reasons

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 127
  A Boston Globe article looks at the decrease in infection rates at a number of Boston-area hospitals and cites a number of possible reasons for the decline. Among those reasons mentioned are the upcoming public reports on hospital-acquired infections that will be issued through the Department of Public Health early ...
  4 weeks ago

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