Embracing Smart AI designed by healthcare quality insiders to solve quality problems is the best way forward to bend the quality curve. The Stalled Progress in Preventing Harm For more than two decades, American healthcare has struggled with preventing harm in hospitals. Since the Institute of Medicine’s landmark report To Err is Human (1999), we’ve seen numerous quality improvement initiatives. Hospitals have invested in safety protocols, reporting systems, performance meas

The adaptation of Crew Resource Management (CRM) from aviation, and its healthcare‑specific iteration TeamSTEPPS, transformed how caregivers collaborate, maintain situational awareness, and deliver lifesaving interventions. By embedding structured communication tools, leadership principles, and shared mental models into daily routines, hospitals can dramatically reduce adverse events, from hospital‑acquired infections to surgical complications, and curb the potential for medi

By the end, you will see why PSOs are indispensable to a learning health system and how their confidential, non‑punitive approach unlocks candid insights that no other mechanism can replicate. EvaluCare is a resource to evaluate a hospitals culture of participation in PSOs and the adoption of practices that may prevent medical malpractice.

In this detailed exploration, we will trace the history of clinical registries, describe the variety of registries available to hospital services, illustrate how registry data uncover system issues (for example, linking acute kidney injury rates back to intraoperative practices), and explain why full engagement is essential for patient safety, academic advancement, and defense against malpractice risk. EvaluCare is a trusted partner to review quality registry data for medical

The structured review process and tools used in support of M&Ms are very similar to the Medical Care Review process that EvaluCare and its team of Quality & Medical Experts offers to patients, families and attorneys when care goes wrong, and medical malpractice is suspected. In the realm of today's quality program, M&Ms serve a critical role in making care safer by uncovering latent issues that may go unnoticed until trends develop and more patients are harmed.

Structured handoff communication tools like ISBAR and I-PASS improve patient safety by ensuring critical communication takes place as patients transfer between providers, departments and care settings. Patient and their advocates can use the same structure to improve patient safety. In the complex and fast-paced world of healthcare, the transfer of critical information from one provider to another, known as a "handoff," is a pivotal moment that can either safeguard or endange

Knowing what steps to take after a medical error will impact not only your health and healing but also how prepared you are to seek answers and remedies for the error. Experiencing a medical error can be overwhelming and distressing. It's crucial to take informed steps to understand what happened, ensure your safety, and seek accountability if necessary. This guide outlines actionable steps to help you navigate such situations. This blog is focused on collecting as much infor