Provonost

It Is Time To Get Serious about the Science of Healthcare Delivery

Text version of slide presentation from a National Advisory Council meeting.

On April 8, 2011, Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, made this presentation at the meeting of the National Advisory Council. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (2.3 MB) (Plugin Software Help).

  1. It is time to get serious about the science of healthcare delivery and put a man on the moon
  2. Photograph of the Earth
  3. Improved Health
  4. Photograph of a toddler
  5. Improving Care
  6. Median and Mean CRBSI Rate
  7. Impact of Statewide Quality Improvement Initiative on Hospital Mortality
  8. State Participation in the On the CUSP: Stop BSI Project
  9. The Bullfight
  10. Pennsylvania CLABSI mean/median rates
  11. Pennsylvania Histogram
  12. Massachusetts CLABSI mean/median rates
  13. Massachusetts Histogram
  14. Connecticut CLABSI mean/median rates
  15. Connecticut Histogram
  16. On the CUSP: STOP BSI
  17. Why did it Work
  18. Who Gets to 0
  19. How Might We Move Forward?
  20. Photograph of a toddler
  21. References
Current as of August 2011
Internet Citation: Provonost: It Is Time To Get Serious about the Science of Healthcare Delivery. August 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2011-04-nac/pronovost/index.html