Quality & Safety Publications


Trade Articles

Evidence for Improving Efficiency
C.M. Clancy and I. Fraser | H&HN Online | 2008

Making Widespread Changes—Gently—in Health Care
D. Bohr and C. Greising | H&HN | 2008

Maintaining Quality of Life
D. Bohr | H&HN | 2007

Connecting with Patients
C. Greising | H&HN | 2006

Quality and Integration: A Q&A with Gail Warden
C. Greising | H&HN | 2006

A Values-Based Response
G. Warden | H&HN | 2006

Improving Care in Physician Offices
M. Pittman | H&HN | 2006

Overcoming the Language Barrier
J. Yonek and C. Greising | H&HN | 2006

Speaking Out
R. Hasnain-Wynia and C. Greising | H&HN | 2005

Working to Eliminate Racial Disparities
R. Hasnain-Wynia | Health Forum Journal | 2003

Closing The Gap
R. Hasnain-Wynia | Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine | 2003

Peer-Reviewed Articles

A Survey of Hospital Quality Improvement Activities
A.B. Cohen, J. Restuccia, M. Shwartz, J. Drake, R. Kang, P. Kralovec, S.K. Holmes, F. Margolin, D. Bohr | Medical Care Research and Review | 2008

Is Evidence-Based Medicine Patient-Centered and Is Patient-Centered Care Evidence Based?
R. Hasnain-Wynia | Health Services Research | 2006

Development and Testing of a System to Rapidly and Accurately Collecting Patients’ Race And Ethnicity.
D.W. Baker, K.A. Cameron, J. Feinglass, P. Georgas, S. Foster, D. Pierce, J. Thompson, R. Hasnain-Wynia | Am J Public Health | 2006

Obtaining Data on Patient Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language in Health Care Organizations: Current Challenges and Proposed Solutions.
R. Hasnain-Wynia and D.W. Baker | Health Services Research | 2006

Is Evidence-Based Medicine Patient-Centered and Is Patient-Centered Care Evidence-Based?
R. Hasnain-Wynia | Health Services Research | 2006

A System for Rapidly and Accurately Collecting Patients’ Race and Ethnicity
D.W. Baker, K. A. Cameron, J. Feinglass, J. A. Thompson, P. Georgas, S. Foster, D. Pierce, R. Hasnain-Wynia | American Journal of Public Health | 2006

Patients' Attitudes Toward Health Care Providers Collecting Information About Their Race and Ethnicity
D. W. Baker, K. A. Cameron, J. Feinglass, P. Georgas, S. Foster, D. Pierce, J. A. Thompson, R. Hasnain-Wynia | Journal of General Internal Medicine | 2005

Reports & Issue Briefs

Improving Care for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency

Hospital Quality Improvement Activities: Issues in Staffing and Training

Improving Efficiency and Value in Health Care

Hospital Quality Improvement Activities: A Snapshot of the State of the Art

Hospital Capital Financing in the Era of Quality and Safety

Health Care Disparities Influenced by Where Minorities Seek Care

Who, When and How: The Current State of Race, Ethnicity and Primary Language Data Collection in Hospitals

Summary of the National Advisory Panel Meeting

Collecting Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Data: Tools to Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Health Care Disparities

Patient Safety Leadership WalkRoundsTM

Hospital Language Services For Patients with Limited English Proficiency: Results From A National Survey

Toolkits

A Toolkit for Collecting Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Information from Patients

The Physician Practice Patient Safety AssessmentTM

Video

Cultural Competence: What You Can Do