Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Does Reducing Length of Stay Make a Business Case?
pp. 627-628(2)
Authors: Weeks, William B.; Resar, Roger

The Business Case for Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients
pp. 629-638(10)
Authors: Brilli, Richard J.; Sparling, Karen W.; Lake, Michael R.; Butcher, John; Myers, Sarah S.; Clark, Marta D.; Helpling, Alma; Stutler, Mary E.

An Intensive Care Unit Quality Improvement Collaborative in Nine Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals: Reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Rates
pp. 639-645(7)
Authors: Bonello, Robert S.; Fletcher, Carol E.; Becker, William K.; Clutter, Kay L.; Arjes, Shelley L.; Cook, Jennifer J.; Petzel, Robert A.

The Effect of Health Care System Administrator Pay-for-Performance on Quality of Care
pp. 646-654(9)
Authors: Herrin, Jeph; Nicewander, David; Ballard, David J.

Clinical Microsystems, Part 4. Building Innovative Population-Specific Mesosystems
pp. 655-663(9)
Authors: McKinley, Karen E.; Berry, Scott A.; Laam, Leslie A.; Doll, Michael C.; Brin, Kenneth P.; Bothe, Albert; Godfrey, Marjorie M.; Nelson, Eugene C.; Batalden, Paul B.

Munson Medical Center: Embedding a Culture of Safety and QI into the Organization
pp. 665-670(6)
Author: Haslinger, Terry

University of Michigan: Quality and Safety in an Academic Medical Center
pp. 671-677(7)
Authors: Strong, Douglas L.; Kin, Jeanne M.; Kratochwill, Eric W.; Typaldos, Carolina

Positive Predictive Value of ICD-9-CM Codes to Detect Acute Exacerbation of COPD in the Emergency Department
pp. 678-680(3)
Authors: Ginde, Adit A.; Tsai, Chu-Lin; Blanc, Phillip G.; Camargo, Carlos A.

Development of the SQUIRE Publication Guidelines: Evolution of the SQUIRE Project
pp. 681-687(7)
Authors: Davidoff, Frank; Batalden, Paul B.; Stevens, David P.; Ogrinc, Greg S.; Mooney, Susan E.; SQUIRE Development Group,