Objectives : The purpose of this study was to determine if enrollment in the Door-to-Balloon (D2B)
Alliance, a national quality campaign sponsored by the American College of …

Importance Enhanced recovery pathways (ERPs) have the potential to reduce length of
hospital stay, costs, and complications following surgery but can be challenging to implement. …

Article-at-a-Glance Background The impact of the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety
Programme’s 19-item Surgical Safety Checklist on surgical processes and outcomes was …

Background: Services targeting social determinants of health—such as income support,
housing, and nutrition—have been shown to improve health outcomes and reduce health care …

Background Despite the potential for electronic health records (EHRs) to improve patient
safety and quality of care, the intended benefits of EHRs are not always realized because of …

Policy implementation is a key component of scaling effective chronic disease prevention
and management interventions. Policy can support scale-up by mandating or incentivizing …

Aimed at fostering the broad adoption of effective health care interventions, this report
proposes a blueprint for improving the dissemination of best practices by national quality …

Implementation of health information technology fails at an alarming rate because intended
users often choose not to use it. Implementation theory and frameworks suggest that social …

Background Our aim was to determine whether the establishment of a dedicated operating
room team leads to improved process measure compliance and clinical outcomes in an …

Background : Disasters exacerbate health inequities, with historically marginalized populations
experiencing unjust differences in healthcare access and outcomes. Health systems plan …