Health Infrastructure

Quality Improvement

165 articles

Mar 4, 2015

by Joshua Tepper Danielle Martin

Health care must learn to embrace failure

Feb 20, 2015

by Amol Verma Nathan Zilbert

The Royal We: Effects of Participation in NSQIP, Steroids for Pneumonia

Feb 17, 2015

by Taylor Martin Rob Devitt

More is better when it comes to hospital staff satisfaction surveys

Feb 5, 2015

by Gord Winkel Verna Yiu Jeremy Petch Ryan O’Reilly

Safe surgery checklists: the Canadian experience

Jan 29, 2015

by Joshua Tepper Wendy Glauser Debra Bournes

Should hospital staff satisfaction survey results be public?

Jan 22, 2015

by Vanessa Milne Joshua Tepper Gord Winkel

Can sports psychology help surgeons score better outcomes?

Dec 11, 2014

by Amina Jabbar Sachin Pendharkar Jeremy Petch

Improving medication safety for the elderly

Dec 1, 2014

by Zafira Bhaloo

Medical education must include quality improvement and patient safety

Nov 21, 2014

by Amol Verma Nathan Zilbert

Dubious Acronyms: Handoff Quality and Treating Depression in Cancer Patients

Oct 8, 2014

by Amol Verma Fahad Razak

To a T: Testosterone Supplementation and Reducing Treatment Time in Stroke

Sep 25, 2014

by Vanessa Milne Joshua Tepper

How should we measure quality in home care?

Sep 11, 2014

by Vanessa Milne Sachin Pendharkar Gord Winkel

From the factory floor to the emergency department: Hospitals explore Lean method

Aug 6, 2014

by Laura Muldoon

Does collecting data take away from patient care?

Jul 29, 2014

by Tom Closson Mark Hundert Chris Helyar

The hidden waste in Ontario health care

Apr 30, 2014

by Amol Verma Fahad Razak

To a T: Testosterone Supplementation and Reducing Treatment Time in Stroke

Apr 30, 2014

by Tom Closson Jean Mireault France Laframboise

Addressing the needs of high users of the health system: where do you start?

Apr 28, 2014

by Jeremy Veillard Sara Allin Michel Grignon

Our health care system is inefficient. What can we do about it?

Mar 13, 2014

by Karen Born Andreas Laupacis Sachin Pendharkar

Improvements suggested to the health system that failed Greg Price

Feb 24, 2014

by Shawn Whatley

When quality trumps service, patients lose out

Feb 12, 2014

by Shawn Tracy Ross Upshur Kerry Kuluski

Rethinking health outcomes in the era of multiple concurrent chronic conditions