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Rounding

By Gayle Porter
October 10, 2022

Research shows that bedside nurses who told patients they would check on them every hour on a handful of critical topics (belongings, pain, etc.) were able to reduce patient

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Part I: What is Quality for the Rest of Us?

By Gayle Porter
September 26, 2022

What is the purpose of Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) exactly? And what does it mean to have quality “for the rest of us”? At the most basic level, Healthcare

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Process Improvement With Excessive Acronyms (PIWEA)

By Gayle Porter
September 12, 2022

The first time someone told me about the scientific method, I was deeply disappointed. I really thought I was going to learn how to use a Bunsen burner to

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After Deming

By Gayle Porter
September 5, 2022

I previously shared some of the history of the Quality Improvement (QI) field with highlights that I believe helped shape our profession in my previous article. Isn’t it intriguing

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Deming: The Father of Quality Improvement

By Gayle Porter
August 29, 2022

Where did QI get its start, and how do we know its principles will lead to the outcomes we’re looking for? The history of QI was birthed out of

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