Nursing
by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 6, 2017 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction Participants and other stakeholders in today’s U.S. health care system are striving for the generation of new knowledge to guide care while at the same time they are also managing growing clinical and organizational complexity, directing considerable...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 21, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction Improving health care delivery and individual and population health and controlling health care costs requires, among other things, an effective and efficient health care system. A significant and essential component of the health care system is...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 19, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Many of the approximately 3 million registered nurses (RNs) in the U.S (IOM, 2011; HRSA, 2013) pursue additional credentials beyond their basic nursing education. Health care organizations, such as hospitals or nursing homes, also pursue credentials. The intent...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 3, 2013 | Commentary, Perspectives
Three years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its landmark report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, made possible by the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). In light of the tremendous need for nurses in...
by Laura DeStefano | Jul 12, 2013 | Commentary, Perspectives
The national health care system is beginning to embrace the idea of a continuously learning health care system, as proposed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the report Best Care at Lower Cost [1]. The necessity of such a system arose from the IOM’s Quality Chasm...
