About INQRI
The primary goal of the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) is to generate, disseminate and translate research to understand how nurses contribute to and can improve the quality of patient care. The program, led by Mary Naylor, Ph.D, R.N., F.A.A.N. and Mark Pauly, Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with Lori Melichar, Ph.D. and her colleagues at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, supports interdisciplinary teams of nurse scholars and scholars from other disciplines to address the gaps in knowledge about the relationship between nursing and health care quality.
INQRI's 5th Call for Proposals NOW AVAILABLE
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News Room
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Evidence-based treatments have improved care quality, Joint Commission says
Victoria Forlini has written a piece for FierceHealthcare, explaining the way that the Joint Commission says that evidence-based practices improve patient care.
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NQF endorses 70 data-related measures
Modern Healthcare has reported that "The National Quality Forum is endorsing 70 performance measures that combine data from various electronic sources—such as administrative claims, pharmacy and laboratory systems, and registries—in order to advance the use of electronic data platforms to measure, report and improve quality."
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New Findings Available
Click "read more" to download four research synthesis documents which discuss nursing's contributions to acute care, pain management, preventing medication errors and the effect of nurse staffing and work environment on patient safety.
Events
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Upcoming Webinars
Creating a Culture of Patient Safety, Together
Speaker: Sorrel King, The Josie King Foundation
Date: February 24, 2010: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST Click here to register.Implementing the Transitional Care Model
Speakers: Mary Naylor, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, University of Pennsylvania and Randall Krakauer, M.D., Aetna
Date: March 2, 2010: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST Click here to register. -
Our Most Recent Webinar
Translating Research into Policy
Special thanks to Ben Milder, Elizabeth Wenk and Andrew Peters from Burness Communications for giving such a terrific presentation. -
An INQRI Blogging Event - 2 Weeks of Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of "To Err is Human"
INQRI in the Spotlight
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Linda Aiken: Health Reform Could Be Turning Point For Nurses
The role of the nurse in primary care and in coordinating patient care is evolving. This, coupled with the movement toward health reform, presents an opportunity to modernize the scope of what nurses do to let them "work to the full extent of their education and expertise," says INQRI National Advisory Committee member Linda Aiken, Ph.D. Aiken, who is the Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke about how her research has helped inform health reform debates and what INQRI researchers can do to make their research relevant to policy.
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Laura Caramanica: Nursing Research Plays Key Role in Drive to Improve Health Care
Ten years after the IOM reported on medical errors, research funded by INQRI has been adding crucial information to the ongoing debate on quality of care. So says Laura Caramanica, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York.
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José Pagán: Link Your Research To Current Debates
As the debate rages in Washington over health care reform, how can a nursing researcher get their results in front of policymakers who are making decisions? That's a question José A. Pagán, Ph.D., a member of the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) National Advisory Committee, says INQRI grantees must consider when conducting research.