Quality Improvement

Evidence to support quality improvement leads to better patient outcomes and more efficient and effective systems of care. It includes expanding our understanding and application of what works best, when, as well as efforts that seek to reduce harms and unnecessary care.

Blog Post

How Clinicians, Patients, and Policymakers can Reduce Harmful Overmedication in Older Americans

Shannon Brownlee and Judith Garber of AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, Lown Institute, highlight key recommendations to eliminate medication overload in older adults.

Posted Jan 28, 2020 By Shannon Brownlee, MSc, Judith Garber

Topics Quality Improvement Public & Population Health

Past Event

Webinar: Enhancing Data Access and Capacity for Childhood Obesity Research

This webinar discussed how the Childhood Obesity Data Initiative (CODI) leverages several innovative techniques to accomplish its goals.

Date & Time December 10, 2019, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET Location Online

Topics Quality Improvement Building Healthy Communities

Publication

Study Points to Opportunity to Decrease Clinical Intensity through Training in Difficult Conversations

New research finds that while care provider characteristics are unrelated to clinical work intensity, difficult discussions around terminal prognosis, chemotherapy and level of service is directly associated with higher clinical intensity.

Posted Dec 06, 2019

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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Mastering Health Care Improvement: Lessons Learned from AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows

2018 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows outline the benefits of the fellowship for both students and host sites.

Posted Dec 5, 2019 By Audrey Johnson, P.T., D.P.T., Maria Yefimova, PhD RN, Claire E. O’Hanlon, Ph.D., Savyasachi Shah, BDS, MPH

Topics HSR Workforce Development Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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New Checklist Aims to Improve Quality and Consistency in Dissemination

Cochrane creates a new way to improve the quality and consistency of dissemination products that share the findings from Cochrane health evidence.

Posted Nov 29, 2019 By Claire Glenton, Ph.D. , Stephanie Lagosky, M.Sc.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Quality Improvement

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Research Provides Insights for Quality Improvement Efforts in Primary Care Settings

As primary care practices face tremendous pressure to improve quality and access to care, a recent study points to key considerations for implementing primary care quality improvement efforts.

Posted Nov 18, 2019

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Quality Improvement

Blog Post

Creating an Evidence-Based Cancer Survivorship Care Quality Framework

Larissa Nekhlyudov, AcademyHealth member and inaugural NCI/AcademyHealth visiting scholar, highlights her work to develop a cancer survivorship care quality framework.

Posted Oct 17, 2019 By Larissa Nekhlyudov, M.D., M.P.H.

Topics Quality Improvement Public & Population Health

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Reflections on World Patient Safety Day: An Urgent Call for Radical Action

With medical errors causing more than 250,000 deaths annually, Karen Wolk Feinstein of the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, issues a call for change in four key areas to save lives and improve care.

Posted Sep 19, 2019 By Karen Wolk Feinstein, Ph.D.

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Costs & Payments

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The First World Patient Safety Day: Time for a Moonshot for Health Services Research?

AcademyHealth member and Professor Hardeep Singh and Tejal Gandhi, chief clinical and safety officer at IHI, highlight three considerations for the field of health services research to advance patient safety.

Posted Sep 16, 2019 By Hardeep Singh, M.D., M.P.H. , Tejal Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H.

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Quality Improvement

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Review Highlights Need for More Holistic Measures around Low-Value Care

A review commissioned by AcademyHealth finds that most efforts to decrease low-value care focus more on the reduction of certain tests and treatments, rather than on assessing unintended consequences, listening to patients and providers, and measuring outcomes.

Posted Sep 13, 2019 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement