Category Archives: Quality Reporting

Feds’ National Quality Strategy: Improving the Quality of Quality Improvement

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

By Scott Harris Suffering from quality campaign fatigue? You can’t be alone. For whatever reason, sweeping, splashy initiatives are common in the quality improvement arena. All have noble intentions, but it can be hard to tell where rhetoric ends and … Continue reading →

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Engaging UCSF Residents in Quality, Safety, and Cost Reduction

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

By Robert Baron, MD Engaging residents and fellows in quality improvement and patient safety activities has become a goal for all GME programs and a reality for an ever-increasing number. In fact, the 2011 ACGME common program requirements mandate that … Continue reading →

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A Shared Mission: UCSF Brings Clinical, Educational Enterprises Together with Quality

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

By Scott Harris Value equals quality over cost. Seems pretty simple when you put it that way. In the real world, of course, the equation for delivering higher-quality care is anything but neat and tidy. Hospitals and care providers these … Continue reading →

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Old Dogs, New Tricks: Injecting Quality Improvement into CME

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

By Scott Harris Quality improvement (QI) is a young concept. Its relative infancy means younger people (including medical students and residents) are more likely to be immersed — and to immerse themselves — in its tenets. But what about established … Continue reading →

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Bundling: Wrapping in Quality

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

(Post Six in a series) By Joanne Conroy, MD As our bundling group begins the journey through the currently available quality measures across inpatient and post-acute settings, the comments and revelations have been interesting: 1. There is a lot of … Continue reading →

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Quality and Safety in Resident Training

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

By Joanne Conroy, MD A current national debate rages over how we can integrate quality and safety in training that aligns with institutional quality and safety priorities. That makes a lot of sense, as it should prevent resident quality efforts … Continue reading →

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Three Ways to Teach Medical Students about Quality and Safety (without Overloading the Curriculum)

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

By Scott Harris Safety and quality are popular watchwords these days in health care. Many believe they are powerful allies in the battle to improve care and control costs. But despite more than a decade on the front burner, medical … Continue reading →

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House Staff Involvement Is Key to Quality Efforts

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

New York–Presbyterian Establishes Advisory Council By Peter Fleischut, MD It only takes one person to start a ball rolling down a hill. At hospitals, especially teaching hospitals, every member of the house staff (including resident physicians like myself) can be … Continue reading →

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