Study Examines Quality Improvement Initiative To Improve Emergency Preparedness
"Using Quality Improvement Methods To Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness: PREPARE For Pandemic Influenza," Health Affairs: In the Web exclusive, researchers from RAND and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center discuss the need for quality improvement techniques to help the U.S. better prepare for a large-scale public health disaster. The researchers also describe the successful use of a pilot QI program involving five state and local health departments, intended to enhance readiness for an influenza pandemic (Lotstein et al., Health Affairs, 7/15).
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