Innovations
Primary Care Practices Improve Patient Satisfaction With Communication of Outpatient Laboratory Test Results 5/8/2013
Primary care clinicians were able to expedite communication of outpatient laboratory and imaging test results to patients with the help of an automated test results management system.
Electronic Referrals and Communications Reduce Wait Times for Specialty Appointments and Improve Clinician Communication and Quality of Care 4/24/2013
Electronic communications between primary care clinicians and specialists enhance access to specialty expertise for patients served by a hospital's referral network of safety net clinics.
Fall Prevention Toolkit Facilitates Customized Risk Assessment and Prevention Strategies, Reducing Inpatient Falls 3/6/2013
A fall prevention toolkit uses a computerized algorithm to assess the risk of falling, identify patient-specific risk factors, and design individualized interventions to reduce those risks, leading to fewer falls in the inpatient setting.
Community-Wide Collaboration Provides School-Based Mental Health Services to Students and Families in Impoverished, High-Crime, Urban Neighborhoods 2/13/2013
A child mental health agency, the Boston Public Schools, and several other urban community service agencies have joined together to provide school-based mental health and other support services to students and their families living in neighborhoods plagued by poverty and crime.
Hospital Systematically Screens and Initiates Treatment for Depression and Anxiety in Cardiac Patients, Improving Cardiac Symptoms and Mental Health 2/13/2013
A hospital screens all cardiac inpatients for depression and anxiety and initiates treatment for them as appropriate, leading to improvements in cardiac symptoms and mental health.
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QualityTools
A Toolkit for the Well Child Screening of Military Children 1/16/2013
This toolkit can help in the early identification of children coping with the unique, significant challenge of a parent's military deployment.
Creating Equity Reports: A Guide for Hospitals 11/28/2012
This tool helps hospitals prepare equity reports, which identify ethnic and racial disparities in organizations and suggest ways to reduce them.
Palliative Care Tools 10/24/2012
This collection of palliative care tools can help improve health care for patients near the end of life and their families.
Hand Hygiene at Massachusetts General Hospital: Because We Care 11/24/2010
This guide, developed by Massachusetts General Hospital, provides information on hand hygiene for health care workers, patients, and visitors.
Pediatric Symptom Checklist 5/26/2010
Health care professionals can use this psychosocial screening tool to help recognize cognitive, emotional, and behavioral problems in children.
