Accelerating Evidence to Outcomes
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 the …
ISRN Launches Second Wave of the Network Study on the Impact of Cognitive Load on Medication Errors
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 Net …
Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation Launches the Batz Guide iPad App
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 prescripti …
Improving Patient Safety through Effective Team Performance
“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 Insti …
Choosing Wisely – Reducing Inappropriate Use
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 ineff …
TeamSTEPPS® Master Training Workshop – Registration Open
May 8-10, 2013 | San Antonio, TX Are you a Health Professional or Educator who wishes to improve patient safety through interprofessional teamwork? The Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice is hosting a TeamSTEPPS® Master Training Workshop May 8 …
Where to Publish Your QI Results — UPDATE
With your comments and suggestion, the list of journals has been updated. Keep the suggestions coming in!! Fueled by the discussions of the CTSA Nursing Special Interest Group (SIG), the ISRN published the Blog post Where to Publish Your Results… Wh …
Network News Briefs – March 2013
Network News is a quarterly newsletter designed to connect you to the emerging Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN)—the first nationwide collaboration of clinical and academic leaders devoted to generating a robust science to accelerate quality …
The Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation
National Patient Safety Awareness Week On Monday, we were proud to announce the ISRN’s involvement with the National Patient Safety Awareness Week. We also mentioned that we were partnering with the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation in a nationa …
ISRN Newsletter: March 2013
National Patient Safety Awareness Week
We can make a difference! The ISRN membership represents hospitals and universities across the nation. Members of the ISRN can make a difference. In an effort to raise awareness and encourage the engagement of patients, families, healthcare providers, …
Where to Publish Your Results… What’s Your Opinion?
QUESTION: In what journals can articles on translational science, quality improvement initiatives, dissemination and implementation research, delivery systems science and other emerging healthcare fields be published? Through this BLOG, the ISRN, fuele …
Meeting the Challenges of Quality Improvement Research
During the inaugural Improvement Science Summit, Dr. Carolyn Clancy* spoke of the challenges that face improvement science, particularly the difficulty of integrating evidence into clinical practice. In her keynote address Dr. Clancy stated that “resea …
Is my QI Project a Research Study? (Do I need IRB Approval?)
“The challenge for us and regulatory boards is to ask the key questions when we examine our studies to determine whether we go to IRB1” Dr. Christine A. Goeschel. The above quote from Dr. Goeschel addresses an important issue faced by clinical and rese …
Rapid Transformation Requires Dismantling Silos
Partnership between clinicians and scientists raises the clinical relevance and rigor of research on improvement strategies. Through collaborative efforts the priorities of clinicians are served by the evolving research enterprise as we evaluate improv …
