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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Quality Improvement Contributed Papers #3
5124.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Quality Improvement Contributed Papers #3
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Eileen Ciesco, MHA
Patricia Byrns
12:30 PMRelationships between JCAHO accreditation and risk-adjusted mortality rates in rural hospitals: A multi-state comparison  [ Recorded presentation ]
Laura L. Morlock, PhD, Lilly Engineer, MBBS, MHA, Marlene R. Miller, MD, MSc, Andrew Shore, PhD, Cyrus Engineer, MHA, MHS, T. Maureen Fahey, MA, Rebecca D. Clark, BA, Stephen S. Mick, PhD, Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, David Salkever
12:50 PMA study of quality of "retainer" medicine based on national standards
M. Allison Ford, PhD, Karen L. Hooks, PhD, Jeffrey S. Hallam, PhD, Ed Goldman, MD
1:10 PMPrevention of surgical site infection: An evidence based quality improvement initiative  [ Recorded presentation ]
Consuelo Dungca, RN, EdD, Kathie Rones, MD
1:30 PMOutcome-Based Quality Improvement in the home health care setting: Results from the national OBQI initiative
Karen E. Johnson, MS, Karen B. Pace, PhD, RN
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Medical Care
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA