Two Decades Since To Err Is Human
It has been more than 2 decades since the Institute of Medicine (IOM; now the National Academy of Medicine [NAM]) published To Err Is Human in 2000, which concluded that up to an estimated 98 000...
View ArticleAccelerating Global Improvements in Health Care Quality
This Viewpoint proposes a policy framework for thinking about health care quality in low- and middle-income countries, emphasizing the importance of infrastructure, enforceable quality standards,...
View ArticleA Roadmap to Advance Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care
This Viewpoint emphasizes the need for research and initiatives related to patient safety in outpatient settings and proposes practice, policy, and patient and caregiver milestones to give patient harm...
View ArticleProgress in Patient Safety in Anesthesia
This Viewpoint describes the history of patient safety improvements in the practice of anesthesiology, with a shift in focus from reducing procedural mortality to improving systems, including...
View ArticleInfluenza Season Severity and Readmission Risk After Elective SAVR and CABG...
This cross-sectional study uses Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services claims data to investigate associations between influenza season severity and mortality and readmission risks after elective...
View ArticleUse of Central Line Insertion Teams to Manage Venous Access Volume and Safety...
This JAMA Performance Improvement article summarizes findings from an international survey study of hospital experience with central venous access line insertion teams to manage high procedural volume...
View ArticleAttention Switching and Duration of Electronic Inbox Work Among PCPs
This cross-sectional study examines primary care physicians’ frequency of attention switching associated with electronic inbox work and identifies potentially modifiable factors associated with...
View ArticleDrug-Resistant Bacteria Outbreak Linked to COVID-19 Patient Surge
Breaches in infection control practices during last spring’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) surge likely contributed to a 34-patient outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB)...
View ArticleAssessment of Sales and Marketing of Online Vouchers for Discounted...
This qualitative study of online vouchers for discounted DTC imaging services reveals consumerization of medicine and calls for regulations to balance convenience and cost with patient safety and...
View ArticleEnsuring Quality in the Era of Virtual Care
This Viewpoint discusses residual questions about virtual health care as a substitute for in-person visits during the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes principles of safety, effectiveness, efficiency,...
View ArticleEmpowering Resident Physicians to Lead by Teaching Principles of Quality and...
This article describes the Wellness and Quality Improvement curriculum, which seeks to combine quality improvement in surgery with personal wellness initiatives for first-year and second-year surgical...
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