COLUMBIA, S.C., March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Major health care players in South Carolina have joined in a unique initiative to enhance the state's competitiveness by improving the health of the state's citizens. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Health Sciences South Carolina and the South Carolina Hospital Association have formed the South Carolina Partnership for Health, committed to "The Triple Aim," a concept and strategy developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (www.ihi.org) and now espoused by the nation's leading health policy thinkers.
Health care organizations are continually challenged with improving the safety of and the quality of care delivered to patients. Research studies often bring to the forefront interventions that health care organizations may choose to institute in an effort to provide evidence-based, quality care. Rapid response teams are one such intervention. Rapid response teams were introduced by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement as part of their "100,000 Lives" Campaign. Rapid response teams are one initiative health care organizations can implement in an effort to improve the quality of care delivered to patients. This article uses Donabedian's model of structure, process, and outcomes to discuss the United States health care systems, rapid response teams, and the outcomes of rapid response ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) announced today that Maureen A. Bisognano, IHI's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will become its President and CEO. She will succeed Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, when he is sworn in as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Berwick was appointed to the post by President Barack Obama yesterday. Maureen Bisognano, an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at IHI for the last 15 years. In so doing, she advises health care leaders around the world, is a frequent speaker at major conferences o...
BLOOMINGTON - OSF St. Joseph Medical Center will be used as an example of how medication errors - a major health care issue nationwide - may be reduced when a patient is discharged. The Bloomington hospital is among three Midwestern hospitals selected for The Joint Commission's study on medication reconciliation. St. Joseph will be included in a video on the topic to premiere at next week's annual meeting of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Orlando, Fla.
The new director of one of the largest health insurance systems in the world has been hired. He will manage health insurance for 90 million enrollees - including many Memphians - and wield funds of more than $800 billion - about one-third of the national health care expenditure. Donald Berwick, appointed by President Barack Obama to the position of administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a pediatrician and CEO of the nonprofit Institute for Healthcare Improvement . He is one of our nation's foremost change agents when it comes to improving our health care system.
Reforming the way we provide health care in this country is a complex undertaking with no easy answers. The simple truth is that we need a fundamental redesign of the nation's health care system that does three things: improves care, improves the health of our population and reduces costs. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement calls this the "Triple Aim.
[...] Taylor is valuing her time in the Pioneer Valley, enjoying not only the region's cultural offerings but its outdoor possibilities as well, from the bike trails to hiking and skiing. According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, an ICU staffed with certified intensivists, as opposed to one populated by physicians from virtually any field, has statistically improved ICU mortality and decreased length of stay. "The ICU care team and executive leadership should work toward developing systems that assure continuous improvement," the organization claims.
Unless you are into the "Who's Who" of the health care industry, you wouldn't know Dr. Donald Berwick. But you should. Prior to this month he was a professor of pediatrics and health care policy at the Harvard Medical School, a professor of health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health, and president and co- founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. President Barack Obama took advantage of the congressional recess for the July 4 holiday to implement what is known as a "recess appointment." He tapped Berwick to direct the federal government's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
We are organizing a world-class campaign to elect quality," said Dr. Donald Berwick, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). "The health care organizations that join this campaign are not only demonstrating their commitment to improvement but their determination to put proven, life-saving improvement techniques into action. "Broward General Medical Center's number one priority is patient safety," said Joseph F. Scott, CEO. "Joining the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign gives us the opportunity to put even more focus on the care we provide and implement new lifesaving techniques." * Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia - by implementing five interdependent, scientifically grounded steps collectively called the "Ventilator...
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