Quality Matters: January 2006
<p><br><br>Welcome to <a href="/cnlib/pub/enews_clickthrough.htm?enews_item_id=20363&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecmwf%2Eorg%2Fpublications%2Fpublications%5Fshow%2Ehtm%3Fdoc%5Fid%3D339493%26%23doc339493">Quality Matters,</a> a monthly roundup of news and opinion on quality measurement, information technology, quality improvement initiatives, and policy innovations.<br><br><strong>Issue of the Month: What Evidence Do We Need for Quality Improvement?</strong><br />A sense of urgency surrounding the need to improve health care quality has led to the use of interventions with limited evidence. While more robust data about their effectiveness are needed, most experts believe that such evidence can come from multiple sources--including better-designed observational studies and the social sciences--and not just randomized controlled trials. <a href="/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=339493#issue">More</a><br><br><strong>News Briefs</strong><br />Selected stories on patient safety, health care quality, and information technology. <a href="/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=339493#news">More</a><br><br><strong>Case Study: A Transformational Change Process to Improve Patient Safety at Ascension Health</strong><br />A large nonprofit health system identified the most common causes of preventable injuries and deaths at its 67 hospitals and launched an initiative to eliminate them within five years. <a href="/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=339493#casestudy">More</a><br><br><a href="/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=339493#recentpubs">Recent Publications of Note</a><br><br><a href="/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=339493#recenteds">Recent Editorial/Perspective of Note</a></p>
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