Promoting Initiatives in Quality of Cardiovascular Care

HCFA's agenda for promoting high-quality care.

Transforming cancer survivorship care through quality improvement initiatives.

Oncology nurses must become better prepared to conduct quality improvement projects that will optimize quality of care and patient safety for long-term cancer survivors. The growing interest in survivorship care has led to the availability of multiple versions of cancer survivorship care plans (SCPs). Despite the availability of SCPs, research is lacking evidence-based processes to evaluate whe...

My Home Life: Promoting Quality of Life in Care Homes

Quality improvement initiatives improve hypertension care among veterans.

BACKGROUND We implemented a quality improvement initiative to improve hypertension care at Veterans Affairs-Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. METHODS AND RESULTS We implemented multiple interventions among 2 teaching hospitals, 5 community-based outpatient clinics, and 4 contract clinic sites. Goals of the program were to (1) improve measurement and documentation of blood pressure (BP), (2)...

The Role of Emotional Control, Psychological Well-Being and Self-Care Behaviors in the Quality of Life of Cardiovascular Patients

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the role of emotional control, psychological well-being and self-care behaviorson the quality of life of cardiovascular patients in Urmia City. Methods: This descriptive study was a correlational one. The statistical population of this study was all the cardiovascular patients referred to the hospitals and medical centers of Urmia City i...