The 2014 Military Health System Review calls for healthcare system leaders to implement effective strategies used by other high-performing organizations. The authors state, “ the [military health system] MHS can create an optimal healthcare environment that focuses on continuous quality improvement where every patient receives safe, high-quality care at all times” (Military Health System, 2014, p. 1). Although aspirational, the document does not specify how a highly reliable health system is developed or what systemic factors are necessary to sustain highly reliable performance. Our work seeks to address this gap and provide guidance to MHS leaders regarding how high-performing organizations develop exceptional levels of performance. The a...
System performance in healthcare pivots on the ability to match demand for care with the resources t...
Background: Implementing high reliability organization principles can enhance quality and safety in ...
Since the Institute of Medicine’s landmark 1999 report on medical errors, mandates, legislation, and...
Context: Despite serious and widespread efforts to improve the quality of health care, many patients...
Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore and explain the leadership strate...
Medical error causes more than 98,000 deaths annually [Kohn, L. T., Corrigan, J. M., and Donaldson, ...
Preventable medical errors may now be the third leading cause of death in the United States, followi...
Governments across the world seem to be almost perennially motivated to ‘reform’ their health care s...
In response to an ongoing patient safety dilemma within healthcare organizations, many healthcare or...
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Department of...
Charged by the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, the authors were members of a study to develo...
Healthcare organizations and systems are united by a shared goal of continual improvement in the qua...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Dep...
Force will create unique challenges for the medical sustainment mission. As new methods and concepts...
Many organizations have been using teams as a means of achieving organizational outcomes (such as pr...
System performance in healthcare pivots on the ability to match demand for care with the resources t...
Background: Implementing high reliability organization principles can enhance quality and safety in ...
Since the Institute of Medicine’s landmark 1999 report on medical errors, mandates, legislation, and...
Context: Despite serious and widespread efforts to improve the quality of health care, many patients...
Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore and explain the leadership strate...
Medical error causes more than 98,000 deaths annually [Kohn, L. T., Corrigan, J. M., and Donaldson, ...
Preventable medical errors may now be the third leading cause of death in the United States, followi...
Governments across the world seem to be almost perennially motivated to ‘reform’ their health care s...
In response to an ongoing patient safety dilemma within healthcare organizations, many healthcare or...
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Department of...
Charged by the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, the authors were members of a study to develo...
Healthcare organizations and systems are united by a shared goal of continual improvement in the qua...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Dep...
Force will create unique challenges for the medical sustainment mission. As new methods and concepts...
Many organizations have been using teams as a means of achieving organizational outcomes (such as pr...
System performance in healthcare pivots on the ability to match demand for care with the resources t...
Background: Implementing high reliability organization principles can enhance quality and safety in ...
Since the Institute of Medicine’s landmark 1999 report on medical errors, mandates, legislation, and...