The QI program is a Medicare savings program (MSP) that helps pay your Part B premiums. Your individual or joint income and resources must meet certain criteria to qualify. The Medicare Qualifying ...

The researchers observed significant decreases in pharmacologic treatment (from 87.1 to 40%), adjunctive agent use (from 33.6 to 2.4%), hospitalization length of stay (from 17.4 to 11.3 days), and ...

Patients undergoing colon and rectal operations who participated in an innovative quality improvement (QI) program to speed their recovery and enhance results experienced shorter hospitalizations, ...

Medicare savings programs can help you pay Part A and Part B premiums, deductibles, copays, and coinsurance. To qualify, your income and household resources must be at or below specified limits each ...

A study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety examines the effectiveness of a Lean Six Sigma-based quality improvement program on timing of patient discharge. For the ...

A group of dedicated lifestyle medicine researchers within the UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine is leading the institution’s first randomized quality improvement (QI) project. The multi ...

Hospitalists play a critical role in QI and patient safety in hospitals, focusing on incremental improvements and transparent ...