Journal of Organizational Behavior
Volume 27, Issue 7 (November 2006)
Issue Edited by Ranga Ramanujam, Denise M. Rousseau.
This special issue looks at the organizational challenges to high quality and safe health care.
Table of contents
Organizational behavior in healthcare - the challenges are organizational, not just clinical (p 809)
Ranga Ramanujam, Denise M. Rousseau
The challenges are organizational not just clinical (p 811-827)
Ranga Ramanujam, Denise M. Rousseau
Worldviews in collision: conflict and collaboration across professional lines (p 829-849)
Andrew N. Garman, David C. Leach, Nancy Spector
Notes from a small Island: researching organisational behaviour in healthcare from a UK perspective (p 851-867)
Annabelle L. Mark
Teaching but not learning: how medical residency programs handle errors (p 869-896)
Timothy J. Hoff, Henry Pohl, Joel Bartfield
A sensemaking lens on reliability (p 897-917)
Ruth Blatt, Marlys K. Christianson, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, Marilynn M. Rosenthal
Classifying and interpreting threats to patient safety in hospitals: insights from aviation (p 919-940)
Michal Tamuz, Eric J. Thomas
Making it safe: the effects of leader inclusiveness and professional status on psychological safety and improvement efforts in health care teams (p 941-966)
Ingrid M. Nembhard, Amy C. Edmondson
Leadership development in healthcare: a qualitative study (p 967-982)
Ann Scheck McAlearney
Reducing patient mortality in hospitals: the role of human resource management (p 983-1002)
Michael A. West, James P. Guthrie, Jeremy F. Dawson, Carol S. Borrill, Matthew Carter
Quality improvement and hospital financial performance (p 1003-1029)
Jeffrey A. Alexander, Bryan J. Weiner, John Griffith
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Healthcare: The Problems Are Organizational Not Clinical.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Health Information Technology in the United States: The Information Base for Progress.
Blumenthal D, DesRoches C, Donelan K, et al.
Washington, DC: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2006.
This report evaluates current information on the state of EHR adoption in the U.S. health care system.
The report reviews 36 existing data sources, including ongoing national surveys and one-time or regional studies, and recommends a coordinated, systematic national approach to measuring EHR diffusion and implementation.
Free full text (PDF)
Executive summary (PDF)
Friday, October 27, 2006
Adverse Events in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Development, Testing, and Findings of an NICU-Focused Trigger Tool to Identify Harm in North American NICUs
Paul J. Sharek, Jeffrey D. Horbar, Wilbert Mason, Hema Bisarya, Cary W. Thurm, Gautham Suresh, James E. Gray, William H. Edwards, Donald Goldmann, and David Classen
Pediatrics 2006; 118: 1332-1340.
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Protecting the Health of the Public — Institute of Medicine Recommendations on Drug Safety
B. M. Psaty and S. P. Burke
N Engl J Med 2006 355: 1753-1755
FREE Full Text PDF
Editorial
Blueprint for a Stronger Food and Drug Administration
G. D. Curfman, S. Morrissey, and J. M. Drazen
N Engl J Med 2006 355: 1821
FREE Full Text PDF
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Segnalare ai cittadini la qualita degli ospedali: il rischio della cattiva informazione.
[Public reporting on individual hospitals' quality: the risk of misinformation]
Di Tanna GL, Cisbani L, Grilli R.
Epidemiol Prev. 2006 May-Jun;30(3):199-204.
pubmed
Do report cards influence hospital choice? The case of kidney transplantation.
Howard DH, Kaplan B.
Inquiry. 2006 Summer;43(2):150-9.
pubmed
Monday, October 23, 2006
HCUP - The Case for the Present-on-Admission (POA) Indicator
This new Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Report present evidence from studies that already exist, or are underway, on the case for (or against) inclusion and collection of the “Present on Admission” (POA) indicator that discriminate between comorbidities and complications in hospital administrative data.
In New York, the label was originally “Other Diagnosis Emergent Indicator,” and is now known as the “Present on Admission Indicator.” In Canada, the label is “Diagnosis Type Indicator.” Some researchers also refer to the POA as a “date stamp" or the "6th digit" of the diagnosis code. They all represent the same concept.
This report also reviews what is known about educational programs needed to implement the indicator in a way that will make the POA data element valid and reliable for improving case-mix, quality-of-care, and other measures, as well as for risk-adjustment for many comparative purposes.
Report
Friday, October 20, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Development and implementation of evidence-based indicators for measuring quality of acute stroke care
the Quality Indicator Board of the German Stroke Registers Study Group (ADSR)
Heuschmann PU, Biegler MK, Busse O, Elsner S, Grau A, Hasenbein U, Hermanek P, Janzen RW, Kolominisky-Rabas PL, Kraywinkel K, Lowitzsch K, Misselwitz B, Nabavi DG, Otten K, Pientka L, von Reutern GM, Ringelstein EB, Sander D, Wagner M, Berger K.
Stroke. 2006 Oct;37(10):2573-8.
abstract Full Text Full Text (PDF)
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Sustaining and improving hospital performance: The effects of organizational and market factors
H. Joanna Jiang; Bernard Friedman; James W. Begun
Health Care Management Review 31(3), pp. 188-196.
Abstract HTML PDF (131 K)
Physician Group Cultural Dimensions and Quality Performance Indicators: Not All Is Equal.
Amy Smalarz
Health Care Management Review. 31(3):179-187
Abstract HTML PDF (131 K)
Monday, October 16, 2006
AHRQ - QI Composite Measure and Risk Adjustment/Hierarchical Modeling Draft
listserv_archive_2006.htm#Oct13
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has re-posted for public comment the AHRQ QI Composite Measure draft reports for the Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) and the Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs):
IQI_Composite_Draft.pdf
PSI_Composite_Draft.pdf
QI_RAHM_Draft.doc
Friday, October 13, 2006
The Impact Of Quality-Reporting Programs On Hospital Operations
Hoangmai H. Pham, Jennifer Coughlan, and Ann S. O’Malley
Health Affairs, September/October 2006; 25(5): 1412-1422.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thursday, October 12, 2006
The Quality of Pharmacologic Care for Adults in the United States
Shrank, William H.; Asch, Steven M. ; Adams, John; Setodji, Claude; Kerr, Eve A. ; Keesey, Joan ; Malik, Shaista ; McGlynn, Elizabeth A.
Medical Care. 44(10):936-945, October 2006
Abstract HTML PDF (355 K)
RAND abstract
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The Canadian National Outcomes Measurement Study in Schizophrenia
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
May 2006 - Vol. 113 Issue s430 Page 3-39
www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/acp/113/s430
Preface
Ashok Malla, Ross Norman
The Canadian National Outcomes Measurement Study in Schizophrenia: overview of the patient sample and methodology
G. Smith, A. Malla, R. Williams, L Kopala, L. Love, R. Balshaw
Medication decisions and clinical outcomes in the Canadian National Outcomes Measurement Study in Schizophrenia
R. Williams, L. Kopala, A. Malla, G. Smith, L. Love, R. Balshaw
Outcome on quality of life in a Canadian national sample of patients with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders
A. Malla, R. Williams, L. Kopala, G. Smith, D. Talling, R. Balshaw
Resource utilization in a Canadian national study of people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders
L. Kopala, G. Smith, A. Malla, R. Williams, L. Love, D. Talling, R. Balshaw
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Accountability sought by patients following adverse events from medical care: the New Zealand experience
Bismark, Marie, Dauer, Edward, Paterson, Ron, Studdert, David
CMAJ 2006 175: 889-894
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Commentary
Monetary and nonmonetary accountability following adverse medical events: options for Canadian patients
John E. Gray and William Beilby
CMAJ 2006 175: 903.
[Full Text] [PDF]
Monday, October 09, 2006
Assessing Patient Safety Culture: A Review and Synthesis of the Measurement Tools.
Aneesh K. Singla; Barrett T. Kitch; Joel S. Weissman; Eric G. Campbell
Abstract HTML PDF (123 K)
Impact of a Statewide Reporting System on Medication Error Reduction.
Kimberly Rask; Jonathan Hawley; Anne Davis; Dorothy 'Vi' Naylor; Kenneth Thorpe
Abstract HTML PDF (101 K)
Learning From Different Lenses: Reports of Medical Errors in Primary Care by Clinicians, Staff, and Patients:
A Project of the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network.
Robert L. Phillips; Susan M. Dovey; Deborah Graham; Nancy C. Elder; John M. Hickner, MD,
Abstract HTML PDF (101 K)
Friday, October 06, 2006
Adverse outcomes in Belgian acute hospitals: retrospective analysis of the national hospital discharge dataset
Koen Van den Heede , Walter Sermeus , Luwis Diya , Emmanuel Lesaffre , and Arthur Vleugels
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 211-219
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thursday, October 05, 2006
AHRQ - Release of the Pediatric Quality Indicator Risk Adjustment Module (Windows)
listserv_archive_2006.htm#Sept29
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicator (PedQI) risk adjustment module in Windows (Version 3.0b). The SAS module was released in May, 2006.
pdi_download.htm
pdi_measures_v30b.pdf
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
IOM - Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare
www.nap.edu/catalog/11723.html
This new report from Institute of Medicine analyzes the promise and risks of instituting a pay-for-performance program within Medicare to encourage a more effective health care system.
Front Matter
Summary
1 Introduction
2 The Promise of Pay for Performance
3 Alternative Funding Sources
4 Distribution of Rewards
5 Implementation
6 Research and Evaluation
Appendix A: Selected Medicare Prospective Payment Systems
Appendix B: Review of the Evidence
Appendix C: Comparison of Various Professional Groups' Pay-for-Performance Position Statements
Appendix D: MEDPAC Data Runs
Appendix E: Pay for Performance in Various Care Settings
Appendix F: Acronyms
Appendix G: Biographies
Report Brief.
Fact Sheet.
Slides.
News Release.
The New England Journal of Medicine Audio Interview
Pay for Performance — Recommendations of the Institute of Medicine
Elliott Fisher, M.D., M.P.H., and Karen Davis, Ph.D.
View Transcript of Interview (PDF)
Download Interview MP3 (08:54, 4.1 MB)
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Assessing the reliability of standardized performance indicators
Scott C. Williams , Ann Watt , Stephen P. Schmaltz , Richard G. Koss , and Jerod M. Loeb
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 246-255
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Monday, October 02, 2006
The Impact of Unmeasured Clinical Variables on the Accuracy of Hospital Report Cards: A Monte Carlo Study
Austin, Peter C.
Med Decis Making 2006 26: 447-466
[Abstract] [PDF] [References]
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