There are many ways to measure a child care program's quality. Michigan's Great Start to Quality system is designed to navigate this question.

Fort Hays State University’s Department of Nursing is expanding opportunities for advanced practice nurses with its Doctor of Nursing Practice (MSN to DNP) pathway, an affordable, flexible, and highly ...

Congressman Rulli (R-OH-6) and Congressmen Stanton (D-AZ-4) and Pappas (D-NH-1) announced the introduction of the Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act of 2025, aimed at improving the ...

The “flagship program” meant to drive quality at nursing homes most in need of improvement is not working, in part due to an overreliance on financial penalties. That’s according to a new report from ...

Introduction Quality improvement (QI) is aimed at improving care. Equity is one of the six domains of healthcare quality, as defined by the Institute of Medicine. If this domain is ignored, QI ...

Black water from broken pipes seeped through the kitchen floor of a nursing home in Reading for months this summer, with workers scrambling to keep the muck from contaminating serving dishes and food.

The higher education accreditation system relies on infrequent, resource-intensive reviews that occur every five to 10 years, often creating lags in identifying and addressing quality concerns at ...

Organizations are increasingly utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to support their decision-making. It’s enabled them to be more proactive rather than reactive, predicting and eliminating areas of ...

Introduction: The organization of healthcare staff within operating block settings, which accommodate various surgical specialties, must consider the growing shortage of personnel and the need for ...

The Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act of 2025 directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to work with stakeholders, including providers, patient advocacy groups, and ...

Six of South Dakota’s 96 nursing homes are on the newest monthly federal list of the nation’s worst-rated care facilities. Five of the facilities are eligible for a special program to improve quality ...