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Junior Doctors' Reflections on Patient Safety
This study used written portfolios to capture reflective learning that trainees described about their experiences with patient safety incidents.
Transforming a Culture for Safety and Quality
Written by HRET staff member Cynthia Hedges Greising and AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Fellowship facilitor Shawn Foster, this article describes how past fellows are using the tools they le
Creating a Culture of Safety
Board members have a critical role to play in setting the tone for meaningful quality improvement.
Intensivists on the Rise Proven safety gains mean these physicians are becoming preferred ICU providers
Could changing the staffing model in the intensive care unit reduce patients' risk of dying?
Behavioral design strategies
Beginning any behavioral health project takes a unique frame of reference that allows designers to understand that the environment of care is a critical component of the patient care plan.
The patient handoff: a comprehensive curricular blueprint for resident education to improve continuity of care.
This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.
When Doctors Don't Talk to Doctors
This New York Times blog was written by a resident in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She describes two patient encounters.
Creating a High-Reliability Organization
Ascension Health has some lofty goals: cut serious safety events by 40 percent by 2014. This comes after preventable deaths dropped by more than 1,500 patients annually.
Impact of Bundled Payments—Opportunities and Threats to Nurses
While any restructuring of the payment system will create incentives that alter providers' behaviors, bundled payments—single, all-inclusive payments for multiple services across an epis
Hospitals & Health Networks' HEN coverage
Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a webpage featuring all its coverage on HRET's Hospital Engagement Network.