IHI views collaboration vs competition in quality
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is doing its part to improve the quality of health care in the US. Formed in 1991, the non-profit organization is planning several dozen Breakthrough Series on various topics, including the care of chronic diseases and medication errors. These conferences bring together physicians from different institutions to participate in 2- to 3-day learning sessions. One previous Breakthrough Series on medication errors succeeded in reducing the rate of errors by 30% in some participating institutions. IHI also sponsors on-site seminars and training.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Is bigger better for retrovirus conference?
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AIDS activists are criticizing the restricted attendance at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections but attendants want to keep the meeting small. This meeting typically restricts attendance to about 2,000 researchers, journalists and drug company representatives. AIDS activists say 2,000 to 3,000 people were turned away and called for a larger conference. However, 80% of the participants at the 1995 and 1996 conferences said the conference should remain limited to researchers and physicians.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Two generations of data aid Framingham's focus on genes
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Researchers participating in the Framingham Heart Study and the Framingham Offspring Study can do genetic analyses that would not have been possible when the Heart Study first began 50 years ago. In 1990, they began collecting blood samples from study participants in order to analyse DNA. The polymerase chain reaction allows very small amounts of DNA to be used to determine genetic markers. The Human Genome Project will also help identify genes that may predispose certain people to heart disease.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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