Concepedia

ProvenCare: quality improvement model for designing highly reliable care in cardiac surgery

Scott A. Berry, Michael Doll, Karen E. McKinley, Alfred S. Casale, Albert Bothe

BMJ Quality & Safety · 2009 · 59 citations · 9 references

Abstract

Frontline medical care providers, led by process design specialists, can successfully redesign episodic processes to consistently deliver evidence-based medicine, which may improve patient outcomes and reduce resource use.

References

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The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance

Quality Management Journal · 1997 · 2.9K citations

Performance Management, Total Quality Management, Performance Studies +15

Development of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM): Conceptualizing and Measuring Activation in Patients and Consumers

Judith H. Hibbard, Jean Stockard, Eldon R. Mahoney et al. · Health Services Research · 2004 · 2.7K citations · Full text

ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Kim A. Eagle, Robert A. Guyton, Ravin Davidoff et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1999 · 2K citations

Cardiovascular Disease, Outcomes Research, Acc/aha Guidelines +4

National Patient Safety Goals

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing · 2009 · 477 citations

Health Policy, Patient Safety, Safety Policy +4

All-or-None Measurement Raises the Bar on Performance

Thomas Nolan, Donald M. Berwick · JAMA · 2006 · 411 citations

Measurement Theory, Engineering, Measurement +17