Operational research joins implementation science
Thomas Monk (2016) describes how operational research (OR) and implementation science can be woven together to achieve a common goal-to solve problems. In healthcare, we utilize both methods to find solutions, such as how to reduce hospital readmissions or how to decrease patient wait times. Although operations and implementation work toward a common goal, they each take […]
A Tool to Reduce Readmissions at BMC
Originally found in the BMC Brief: http://www.bmc.org/bmc-brief/4422.htm What happens to our patients when they leave the hospital? Sometimes we see them at clinics, sometimes we never see them again, but too many end up back in the hospital within 30 days. Hospitals are traditionally set up to care for patients during an acute episode, but preventing […]
Researchers Develop Tool to Predict Need for Life Support
Original Post: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2015/10/14/researchers-develop-tool-to-predict-need-for-life-support/ It is now possible to determine which patients have an increased chance of one day needing life support […]
CIIS to Accept Applications for Pilot Grant Program on June 1st
Release Date: June 1, 2016 Application Deadline: July 15, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST Scientific Merit Review: July-August 2016 Funding Decision Date: August 15, 2016 Earliest Start Date: September 1, 2016 Purpose of this RFA: To solicit pilot grant funding for innovative implementation and improvement sciences research. Pilot grants are intended to generate preliminary data […]
New Center to Focus on Improving Healthcare Delivery
Originally published at the Boston University School of Medicine. The Department of Medicine has established the Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences, which will serve as the methodological hub for the scientific evaluation of programs and activities focused on improving healthcare delivery, particularly to the underserved. The Center will serve as a conduit for the […]
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders Impact Hospital Rankings
Original Post: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/do_not_resuscitate_dnr_orders_impact_hospital_rankings-161978 (Boston)– Healthcare consumers, policy and insurance organizations rely heavily on hospital ranking reports, but how accurate are they? Do differences in patient preferences for life-sustaining treatments that exist between different hospitals affect how hospitals are ranked? Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) examined how hospital differences in patient preferences for life-sustaining […]
Measuring Quality in Light of DNRs
Original Article: http://www.medpagetoday.com/CriticalCare/Pneumonia/55207 Skipping adjustment calculations for do-not-resuscitate (DNR) rates at hospitals, or omitting DNR rates altogether, may have skewed hospital quality scores, and could gloss over potentially high-quality decision-making or negligent medical practices, researchers reported. Without accounting for DNR status, it looked like hospitals with higher rates of patients with DNR orders also had increased […]
SPH and MED Launch New Center
Originally published at the BU School of Public Health. The Schools of Medicine and Public Health are pooling two specific disciplines at a new center to help improve healthcare systems. The Department of Medicine Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences (CIIS) will be a methodological hub for the scientific evaluation of current efforts. CIIS will focus […]
New Health Care Center to Bridge Gap Between Medical Improvement, Implementation
October 28, 2015 12:05 am · Posted by Alex Li in the Daily Free Press The Boston University School of Medicine and BU School of Public Health launched the Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences Friday, according to a BUSM release. Administered under the BUSM’s Department of Medicine, the new center will provide research facilities […]