Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) report disproportionally worse cancer mortality. Current global cancer control efforts focus predominantly on expanding access to multimodality treatment for ...

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 ...

Quality improvement (QI) programs have rapidly grown in health care over recent years. Despite increasing evidence of successful QI initiatives resulting in improved outcomes, the adoption and ...

HHS reported that healthcare stakeholders are making progress on national quality improvement goals. The 2013 Annual Progress Report to Congress on the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) today is celebrating 30 years since its founding in 1991 as an organization with a bold vision: That everyone has the best ...

Quality improvement (QI) in health care is an activity in which intentional change in processes and systems of care is attempted in a methodical, reflective and iterative manner in order to improve ...

Some hospitals have videotaped medical procedures as part of quality improvement initiatives. While the idea of healthcare workers being videotaped may conjure thoughts of “Big Brother” and fears of ...

From 2013 to 2016, Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations (ACOs) improved quality. Continued infrastructure development funding, better relationships with postacute care ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ), the only organization dedicated to healthcare quality professionals, announces its groundbreaking research ...

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 ...