Research and quality improvement projects using electronic clinical information need to consider sustainability to “ensure their long-term success,” according to a study in Generating Evidence and ...

Jan Davidson, RN, MSN, the AORN perioperative education specialist focusing on ambulatory surgery centers, discusses five ways to improve quality improvement studies at your surgery center. Note: Read ...

The following is a template of 10 steps and guidelines used by Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., to meet the AAAHC 10-point quality reporting system. 1. Identification of the Purpose of ...

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 ...

Here are three ways hospital department managers can avoid push back or hesitance by employees during new quality improvement projects, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 1.