“The right quality and uniformity are foundations of commerce, prosperity and peace.” W E Deming (1900–1993) Variation causes waste. How could any one take these apparently simple ideas and turn them ...

Problem: Sliding scale insulin (SSI) is frequently used for inpatient management of hyperglycemia and is associated with a large number of medication errors and adverse events including hypoglycemia ...

Objectives In the intensive care unit (ICU), antibiotics are often given longer than recommended in guidelines. A better understanding of the factors influencing antibiotic therapy duration is needed ...

Previous studies have demonstrated that text message reminders can improve pediatric vaccination rates, including low income & diverse settings such as those served by federally qualified health ...

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Most quality improvement or change management interventions are currently designed intuitively and their results are often disappointing. While improving the effectiveness of interventions requires ...

Department for Quality Measurement and Patient Safety, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway Correspondence to Dr Oyvind A Bjertnaes, Department for Quality Measurement and ...

3 Institute for Healthcare Studies and Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and Children’s Memorial HospitalChicago, IL, USA 4 Feinberg School of ...

1 University of Antwerp, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Antwerp, Belgium 2 University of Antwerp, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute ...

1 Health Informatics Research & Evaluation Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 2 Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty ...