quality of care

Original Research

Effect of Weekly Specialized Surgeon-led Bedside Wound Care Teams on Pressure Ulcer Time-to-heal Outcomes: Results From a National Dataset of Long-term Care Facilities

10/01/2019

Adam W. Levinson

Hugh J. Lavery

Armando P. Santos

Nayana Parekh

Frank S. Ciminello

Robert J. Marriott

The authors hypothesize that guideline-based, weekly coordinated care using specialized wound care surgeon-led bedside teams (SLBTs) may improve PU time-to-heal (TTH) outcomes when compared with usual care (UC).

The authors hypothesize that...

10/01/2019

Wounds

Letter from the Editor

A Way to Save Wound Care

08/02/2019

Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

Normally we would remove a physician with numbers like that from our provider network.” That’s what the chief medical officer of a clinically integrated network (CIN) said on this week’s monthly physician advisory board conference...

Normally we would remove a...

08/02/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Research in Review

Active Surveillance Use for Prostate Cancer Varies at Practice and Physician Level

06/22/2017

JCP Editors

Quality improvements are needed to help optimize the implementation of active surveillance among urologists and practice settings, according to a research letter published in JAMA Surgery (published online June 21,...

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06/22/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Nurse Navigators Crucial to Improving Care for Patients With Blood Cancers

06/20/2017

JCP Editors

Nurse navigation focused on the patient and family across the care continuum can effectively guide patients with blood cancer to better care and quality of life (QoL), according to a presentation at the 2017 Oncology...

Nurse...

06/20/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Perspectives

Accountable Health Care

06/14/2017

Anita Ballaney, MBA, MCA, BSc

Abstract: Since its passage in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has caused widespread disruption in the US health care ecosystem. This has put a huge spotlight on the system’s shortcomings,...

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06/14/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Cancer, Other Chronic Conditions Underrepresented in Choosing Wisely Initiative

04/12/2017

JCP Editors

Few Choosing Wisely Initiative quality measures address issues pertaining to cancer and other serious chronic illness. ----- Related Content ASH’s Choosing Wisely Initiatives Choosing Wisely: Addressing the...

Few...

04/12/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Interview

Improving Access to Quality Cancer Care Close to Home

12/13/2016

JCP Editors

Patients with cancer are often forced to choose between seeking specialized medical treatment at facilities located a significant distance from their homes or accepting less rigorous care at local treatment centers....

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12/13/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Few Blood Cancer Patients Receive Recommended CINV Prophylaxis

11/30/2016

JCP Editors

Many patients with hematologic cancers receiving highly emetic chemotherapy regimens do not achieve adequate control of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), according to study results presented at the...

Many...

11/30/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Value-Driven Outcomes Program Reduces Costs and Improves Quality

09/26/2016

JCP Editors

An analytic tool that allocates clinical care costs and quality measures to individual patient encounters may help to enhance the quality of care delivered by physicians, according to research published in JAMA. As...

An...

09/26/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Psychosocial Data and Multidisciplinary Input Aid Cancer Treatment Decision-Making

07/08/2016

JCP Editors

Patient psychosocial information and input from certain experts in multidisciplinary tumor boards (MTBs) helps teams to reach decisions about cancer care more easily, according to an article published in Annals of...

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07/08/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways