Creating excellence in patient care.

Patient Education Improvement: an Interventional Study in Iran

A message from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

In 2001, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses made a commitment to actively promote the creation of healthy work environments that support and foster excellence in patient care wherever acute and critical care nurses practice. This commitment is based on the Association’s dedication to optimal patient care and the recognition that the deepening nurse shortage cannot be reversed with...

A vision of pharmacy practice excellence.

JCPH – Vol. 67, n 2 – mars–avril 2014 176 2015 offer an excellent opportunity for pharmacists to share progress on their journey to excellence, to highlight and celebrate successes, and to educate others about the value proposition of pharmacists in medication-related outcomes. Also highlighted at PPC were the CSHP 2015 progress charts, facilitated through data collection by the Hospital Pharma...

Improving Wait Times to Care for Individuals with Multimorbidities and Complex Conditions Using Value Stream Mapping

Background Recognizing the significant impact of wait times for care for individuals with complex chronic conditions, we applied a LEAN methodology, namely – an adaptation of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) to meet the needs of people with multiple chronic conditions and to improve wait times without additional resources or funding.   Methods Over an 18-month time period, staff applied a patient-cen...

“Excellence” and “equity”: key elements in medical education

In Iran, similar to most countries, medicineis a prestigious and high income profession.Moreover, traditionally “best and the brightest”candidates have been considered suitable toenter medical schools. In fact, the excellencyof the applicants has been measured in a highlycompetitive national competition, by a multiplechoice knowledge test of high school materials.Accordingly, the national exam ...