Research, Tools, and Guides
The Safe Surgery/Safe Systems team publish their conceptual framework for team-based morbidity and mortality conferences in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
National Academies release new report, co-chaired by Dr. Asaf Bitton, making specific recommendations for CMS, to address the systemic flaws currently affecting primary care professionals and limiting the potential of high-quality primary care services for all.
The Spark Grant-funded Stroke Checklist team published their results on a 2-year quality improvement project co-designed and tested a checklist for quicker evaluation of suspected stroke cases in two emergency departments.
A perspective from participants in the PACT Collaborative published in Frontiers in Health Services on the importance of language in response to patients after they experience harm.
The Innovation Platform developed a clinician tool using human-centered design to enhance communication and trust with Spanish-speaking patients during pregnancy visits.
The BetterBirth team and partners’ systematic review found evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of the Safe Childbirth Checklist in reducing stillbirths and improving adherence to essential birth practices.
The BetterBirth team and their partners published the latest on their research of Manyata, a quality assurance and improvement program that provides training, mentorship and accreditation to private maternity facilities in India.
Drs. Asaf Bitton and Bruce Fink pen a commentary in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine on the steps needed to reorient US primary health care to be more effective, equitable, and efficient.
Members of our Home Hospital program authored a perspective in Pediatrics to discuss the emerging need for pediatric acute hospital care at home in the context of policy, economic, and clinical factors.
New research from our Better Evidence Champions program on medical librarians role in Evidence-Based Medical Practice in Africa.
