Background Internationally, there have been efforts to adjust hospital funding based on the quality of care provided by the hospital. A variety of approaches has been used by different countries and payers. Incorporating quality signals into activity-based funding is also a possibility for Australia. This study set out to explore the cost impact of potentially poor quality care in Australian ho...

Applying the best evidence to support nursing practice and generating new knowledge for use in practice are the hallmarks of excellence and allow practitioners to meet patient care quality and safety priorities. Although identifying a patient care problem comes easily to staff nurses, the process of clarifying the problem and channeling those ideas through to a practice change can be daunting f...

INTRODUCTION The logic of paying more for high-quality care and less for low-quality resonates. Increasingly health system leaders worldwide acknowledge that payment reforms are needed to do just that, prompted no doubt by the growing body of evidence indicating that quality is not what it should be. PURPOSE This review was undertaken to explore contexts in which quality-based payment appears...

AIM This paper reports on a study of research use among nurses two years after graduation, as well as changes over time in research use in relation to changes in working conditions. BACKGROUND The demand for evidence-based practice is widely expressed, and newly graduated nurses should possess the skills to provide high-quality care based on the best knowledge available. The way in which nurs...

Innovation is essential to ongoing improvements in quality healthcare, yet healthcare institutions continue to struggle with the challenge of how best to operationalize the multiple commitments to risk minimization, accountability, the defensible use of resources and quality innovative practices. An ideal pathway would be one that adheres to both the ethical values of the institution in which t...