Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science
October 17, 2013
Contributed by Mike Mulcahey, MA, AT/ATC, NREMT, Xavier University Sports Medicine The TeamSTEPPS Master Training Workshop provided an invaluable opportunity for me to break down my own unique silo and engage so many other healthcare professionals. Throughout the entire process our collective group was put into an environment to learn and collaborate with each other as we […]
August 5, 2013
Article Contributed by Eileen Engh, MSN, RN-BC, CPN ISRN Research Associate, STAR-2 study PI and participant ISRN 2013 Improvement Science Summit It’s not often that one conference can achieve so many goals and introduce so many new ideas relevant and critical to our understanding of healthcare systems today. In this case the 2013 Improvement Science […]
June 28, 2013
Article Contributed by Vivian Low, MPH, RN-BC, FPCNA, ISRN Steering Council Member “So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.” – Florence Nightingale I have had a unique perspective on the various aspects of building investigative culture […]
May 21, 2013
Last year, Sonya R. Osborne joined the ISRN Coordinating Center for six weeks as an international visiting scholar. “The advantage to me, as a researcher in the early stages of my post-doctoral career, is that I was immersed in a nationally funded research center that focuses on evidence-based practice and the science of improving patient […]
May 1, 2013
“The Summit student program will help create awareness [of improvement science] in students before they graduate and enter the workforce.” – Lily Thomas, PhD, RN, Vice President, System Nursing Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, ISRN Steering Council Member The 2013 Improvement Science Summit, the official conference of the Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN), will hold its […]
April 10, 2013
The need to disseminate and implement ‘what works’ in healthcare is at an all-time high but there exists a gap in capacity and infrastructure at many hospitals and primary care clinics to seek out best practices through the literature and implement them successfully within their normal care processes. The rate limiting step in implementing healthcare […]
April 8, 2013
The Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN) invites hospitals to engage in a research collaborative investigating the impact of cognitive load, interruptions, and distractions on medication administration errors. In the second wave of this ISRN Network Study, ten hospitals will have the opportunity to partner with the ISRN on a research collaborative for healthcare improvement. With a focus on […]
April 5, 2013
The Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation has created the Batz Guide iPad App. The purpose of this app is to provide a tool that aids families, medical staff, and patients to monitor care in real time. In addition to monitoring medication prescriptions, the app will enable a patient to set alerts and triggers that will remind them […]
March 25, 2013
“Patients and caregivers should not be at risk in the ways they often are now. We are working to radically change healthcare culture and plot a course to zero tolerance for causal factors of error, ”1 Mary Salisbury, MSN, RN, President, The Cedar Institute, Inc., and ISRN Steering Council Member. Patient safety is a national priority […]
March 22, 2013
Contributed by John Øvretveit, PhD, Karolinska Institutet Medical University, Stockholm Sweden. “Choosing Wisely” – is a more effective way to enlist physicians into more appropriate testing and treatments than “de-implementation” or “stop using ineffective interventions”. Below are common high cost “think twice” recommendations from www.choosingwisely.org. Don’t do imaging for low back pain within the first six weeks, […]