HealthLeaders Magazine
As Senior Quality editor, I research, conceptualize, find sources for, report, and write quality issue stories for the print edition of the monthly magazine, HealthLeaders. Except those designated as cover stories, these all ran in the Quality section.
Note: Many if not most of these links no longer work. However, I’ve found that a Google search for the headline turns up the piece. Sorry for the inconvenience.
2015
July/August 2015 • Push to Vaccinate Healthworkers is On
http://bit.ly/1XPKSC8
June 2015 • Assessing Nursing Quality and Patient Safety
http://bit.ly/1QqmXDy
May 2015 • Reducing Scans, Improving Care
http://bit.ly/1Puzivy
April 2015 • Preventing Hospital-Acquired Delirium
http://bit.ly/1E6YXoS
January/February 2015 • Dealing with Drug Diversion
http://bit.ly/1DGq5bB
2014
December 2014 • New Care Continuum Partnerships
http://bit.ly/1zWg1JW
November 2014 • The Specialized Hospitalists
http://bit.ly/1y2oKXT
October, 2014 • Quality in an Ambulatory Surgical Setting
http://bit.ly/1xIfOZu
September, 2014 • Building for Quality
http://bit.ly/1v3kbuZ
June 2014 • Arresting Sepsis Early Saves Money, Lives
http://bit.ly/1oXXOnI
May 2014 • How Making Hospital Quality Data Public Affects Providers
http://bit.ly/1jcpSV8
April 2014 • Autopsy Advocates
http://hlm.tc/1eihMsA
March, 2014 • Full Accountability
http://hlm.tc/1iiR2r3
Jan/Feb, 2014 • Strategies for Safer Hospital Medicine Also Cut Costs
http://hlm.tc/1dWJxjM
2013
December, 2013 • Making A Safe Transition
http://bit.ly/1jpab8j
November, 2013 • Pressure is On to Reduce Pressure Ulcers
http://bit.ly/1jpab8j
October, 2013 • Compounding Concerns
http://bit.ly/1hC5IRk
September, 2013 • Delivering Safety Over Convenience
http://bit.ly/1ea731A
July/August, 2013 • Acing Acute Care for Elders
http://bit.ly/1dV4Jvl
June, 2013 • Making Patients Happy, Even the Poorest and Sickest
http://bit.ly/16ioUgT
May, 2013 • Biting the All-Cause Readmissions Bullet
http://bit.ly/12yuoBe
April, 2013 • Surgeon-Driven Quality Effort Slashes Complications, Costs
http://bit.ly/11XUuwN
March, 2013 • Better Blood Use, Better Outcomes
http://bit.ly/XLGO5J
January/February, 2013 • Using Dynamite to Blow Up Infections
http://bit.ly/VZlYyQ
2012
December, 2012 • The Near Miss
http://bit.lyUGb15m
November, 2012 • How Hospitals Prevent VTE
http://bit.ly/WVP1Ik
October, 2012 • The Healthcare Collaboratory
http://bit.ly/18MA957
September, 2012 • Readmissions and Community-Based Support
http://bit.ly/TVY1N5
August, 2012 • When Data Makes You Look Bad
January, 2012 • Feeling Better About ICD-10
http://bit.ly/ws6Ja6
2011
September, 2011 • Improving the Patient Experience
http://bit.ly/oxIKaQ
August, 2011 • Cover Story
Nurse Education Key to Scope-of-Care Debate
http://bit.ly/r79SAA
August, 2011 • Selecting a Strategy to Stop HAI
http://bit.ly/n6tmBY
July, 2011 • VBP Incentives Put Process Measures to the Test
http://bit.ly/1bzLHty
July, 2011 • Robust Compliance Gets Five Processes Cut from List
http://bit.ly/18MERzK
June, 2011 • Sponge Solution Remains Elusive
http://bit.ly/1eA6SwY
May, 2011 • Cover Story
The New ED: Keep Patients Out (but Happy)
http://bit.ly/jtZo5a
May, 2011 • Who’s Responsible for Quality?
http://bit.ly/j6CnrP
April, 2011 • The Coming Age of the Patient Navigator
http://bit.ly/fUTB0a
March, 2011 • Checking Credentials
http://bit.ly/1fqV7rx
February, 2011 • How Mobile Apps Improve Quality of Care
http://bit.ly/gwMh2w
January, 2011 • Cover Story
The Road to Regulation:
Perdition or Salvation?
Healthcare Reform Spawns Daunting Regulations
http://bit.ly/hKKwoV
• For the following editions, personnel shortages necessitated that I spend more time on newsdesk, so as Quality editor, I was asked to conceptualize Quality section ideas for the magazine and interview sources, then turn over outlines and interview notes to freelancers who wrote the articles marked with •
New leadership didn’t agree with this practice.
So for the August, 2012 issue, I returned to writing the articles in addition to conceptualizing and conducting interviews for them.
July, 2012 • Nurse Quality Check•
http://bit.ly/NqXvAf
June, 2012 • Assessing ASCs•
http://bit.ly/19qVQUC
May, 2012 • Shared Medical Experience•
http://bit.ly/Jr3lDa
April, 2012 • Excellence Through Self-Administration•
http://bit.ly/15j3BK4
March, 2012 • Cleaning Up C. Diff, Together•
http://bit.ly/xy2Kwr
February, 2012 • Health Plans and Bariatric Quality•
http://bit.ly/1aWF8yz
February, 2012 • Excellence in Bariatrics•
http://bit.ly/16zrZHy
January, 2012 • Keeping Readmission Rates Low with Treatment Guidelines•
http://bit.ly/18jJQnD
January, 2012 • Developing Treatment Guidelines for Hip Fractures•
http://bit.ly/15iRvG0
December, 2011 • Population Health Pays Off•
http://bit.ly/1f7PgcM
November, 2011 • ICD-10: Mandate and Opportunity•
http://bit.ly/u0dZFK
October, 2011 • Managing the Continuum•
http://bit.ly/1f7QJQl