Search results for "Quality and Safety"
Getting to quality and safety by ‘degrees'
We have a bona fide science for clinical quality and safety that now is ready to be offered at the master's level. ... MSc, senior vice president for quality and safety at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Massachusetts General Physicians
May 2010
Regulatory fatigue
However, it turned out to be a great visit. I met with very creative, highly engaged physicians and scientists with whom I share a basic desire to improve the quality and ... Michael B. Edmond, MD, FACP, is a hospital epidemiologist in Iowa City, IA,
April 2022
What the HAC?!
9%.”. Interesting. Explanations for these findings include: (1) small size, rural location, southern region and for-profit status magically translate to higher-quality, safer care, or (2) this HAC metric is ... bullshit, as it obviously doesn’t
April 2022
Work attire
Your clothes should be clean, comfortable, functional, and safe. No need for white coats. ... Michael B. Edmond, MD, FACP, is a hospital epidemiologist in Iowa City, IA, with a focus on improving the quality and safety of health care, and sees patients
April 2022
Wrong answer
The Atlanta school system harmed students and teachers in a thoughtless quest to improve quality. ... Michael B. Edmond, MD, FACP, is a hospital epidemiologist in Iowa City, IA, with a focus on improving the quality and safety of health care, and sees
April 2022
We need better HAI metrics
We need better HAI metrics. Over the past few months, my Chief Medical Officer and I met with department chairs to discuss incentive-based quality and safety metrics. ... Michael B. Edmond, MD, FACP, is a hospital epidemiologist in Iowa City, IA, with a
April 2022
Lessons from a pandemic
We all want to proactively protect ourselves. Even if the bandana is minimally protective, if it provides some level of psychological safety, we need to respect that and allow our workers ... Michael B. Edmond, MD, FACP, is a hospital epidemiologist in
April 2022
Yes, we can! Bare below the elbows
We didn't mandate bare below the elbows and we didn't aggressively push it. ... Michael B. Edmond, MD, FACP, is a hospital epidemiologist in Iowa City, IA, with a focus on improving the quality and safety of health care, and sees patients in the
April 2022
Hypertension performance measure ‘flawed’
The measure, which is designated as Quality ID #236 (NQF 0018), is currently defined as the percentage of adults ages 18 to 85 years who had a diagnosis of hypertension and ... senior director for IT quality and safety, research, and national health IT
April 2022
Trigger happy?
Trigger happy? The University of Maryland group has just published two new papers on the safety of contact precautions. ... Michael B. Edmond, MD, FACP, is a hospital epidemiologist in Iowa City, IA, with a focus on improving the quality and safety of
April 2022