“Lean” methodology creates quality improvement and leadership capacity, which is currently missing in ambulatory care settings. Failure to create this capacity will minimize transformation efforts.

The Department of Radiology at Baylor College of Medicine is committed in our pursuit of high-value health care. Quality improvement is a continuous process that drives our efforts. Our Quality ...

Accreditation requirements for cancer centers by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer have included provision of survivorship care plans (SCPs) to patients treated with curative ...

The Optimizing Obstetric Care Quality Initiative was launched to address persistently elevated obstetric length of stay (LOS), which had drifted two standard deviations above peer benchmarks. Early ...

Application of quality improvement methodology by a multidisciplinary team could improve the efficiency of outpatient ophthalmology appointment scheduling. Scheduling of emergency referrals in ...

Humankind has been focused on quality and quality improvement for centuries, and much progress has been made in virtually every arena of society. With some exceptions, quality of life is better than ...

As businesses try to do more with less and respond to economic pressures, they are naturally interested in reducing costs by improving processes throughout their organizations. A number of ...

Continuous electronic monitoring with telemetry is an important hospital practice for monitoring patients who are at high risk of serious cardiac events. Unfortunately, it is often overutilized. When ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...