Health Infrastructure

Quality Improvement

196 articles

Jul 6, 2016

by Victoria Wiebe

Better coordination among primary and mental health care is desperately needed

Jun 19, 2016

by Amol Verma Kieran Quinn

Pondering Preventability: Readmissions and Catheter-Associated UTI

May 25, 2016

by Margaret McGregor

Why don’t doctors screen more for frailty?

May 19, 2016

by Vanessa Milne Christopher Doig Jill Konkin

Primary care quality improvement: Is data the future?

Feb 4, 2016

by Wendy Glauser Michelle Stasiuk Debra Bournes

Beyond tokenism: How hospitals are getting more out of patient engagement

Jan 7, 2016

by Wendy Glauser Joshua Tepper

8 steps toward addressing Indigenous health inequities

Nov 26, 2015

by Wendy Glauser Debra Bournes Michael Nolan

In limbo: Why patient transfers between hospitals needs improving

Nov 12, 2015

by Wendy Glauser Michelle Stasiuk Maureen Taylor

When it’s a zebra: Does Canada need a rare disease strategy?

Jun 4, 2015

by Verna Yiu Mike Tierney Jeremy Petch Arij Elmi

Improving appropriateness of antipsychotic use in long-term care

Apr 24, 2015

by Amol Verma Nathan Zilbert

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

Apr 1, 2015

by Yan Xu

Modernizing scopes of practice to improve the value of physician services

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