Quality Improvement (QI) projects require a series of distinct steps and timely data collection that will allow clinics to see if changes are yielding results, a consultant told attendees at a ...

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 ...

Jan Davidson, RN, MSN, is the AORN perioperative education specialist focusing on ambulatory surgery centers. Here she shares 10 ideas for quality improvement studies in a surgery center. 2. How many ...

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 ...

Monitoring quality scores is essential for maintaining patient safety. Hospitals are responsible for preventing complications ...