Current policies aimed at improving the quality of health care in the United States have fallen short. However, a novel approach to achieving quality outcomes tested by the Center for Medicare and ...

In the time it takes to type this sentence, I will have taken three breaths. Twelve in a minute, 20,000 a day, 7.5 million a year, most of them indoors. Yet until quite recently, researchers have not ...

A patient has a heart attack and is taken to the hospital. From the moment he or she is admitted until he’s discharged, there are dozens of ways to make the hospital experience safer, more efficient, ...

The evolution of health care quality metrics over the preceding decades illustrates an enduring commitment toward enhancing patient outcomes, refining the structure of health care delivery, and ...

Improving quality remains a perennial challenge for hospitals across America constantly facing cost and regulatory pressures. For more than 110 years, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has ...

A groundbreaking study has shown promising results in improving the quality of life (QOL) and sleep quality in individuals living with memory problems. The research delves into the efficacy of a ...

Many IndustryWeek readers will be familiar with the use of a quality management system (QMS) to establish quality objectives. But as the name implies, a QMS is more about managing quality than ...

Credit: Getty Images The intense pain and inflammation caused by gout may pose physical limitations that affect the mental and emotional health of patients living with the disease. Gout is an ...

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care ...

The federal “program integrity triad”—consisting of the US Department of Education, states, and accreditors—often fails to protect students and taxpayers when one leg does not fulfill its role, ...

There’s a myriad of research-related issues that make their way into public discourse. One that pops up every now and then concerns the academic publishing process. Discussions on the topic will vary, ...