Hospitals play a key role in patient outcomes and spending, but efforts to improve their quality are hindered because we do not know whether hospital quality indicators are causal or biased. We ...

Patient safety indicators (PSIs) have emerged as pivotal tools in assessing the quality of care provided by healthcare institutions. They serve as measurable benchmarks derived from administrative ...

Examining a specific number of lymph nodes after colon cancer surgery, a measurement that has been recommended as a quality indicator for hospitals, is not associated with length of patient survival, ...

In August, Mountain States Healthcare Alliance, a 13-hospital integrated healthcare delivery system based in Johnson City, Tenn., received the 2012 National Quality Healthcare Award from the National ...

Multicenter Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Related Germ Cell Tumors Purpose: Decisions regarding treatment for early-stage prostate cancer are frustrated not only by inadequate evidence ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This update is the third iteration of ASGE/ACG quality indicators documents for GI endoscopic procedures. The ...

The indicator is a part of the company’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators, which aims to increase understanding about workplace safety as assaults against nurses are being reported at ...

Objectives: We reviewed potential patient safety events identified with Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) Software to characterize clinical events associated ...