A statewide voluntary patient safety initiative: the Georgia experiene.

Background: The Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA), a voluntary quality improvement and patient safety program, has focused on comprehensive evaluation and feedback. Shared reporting of processes and outcomes is the vehicle for internal quality improvement. PHA provides access to quality and safety tools and benchmarking resources for a diverse group of hospitals, including rural and critical accessfacilities.

Vaccine storage practices in primary care physician offices: assessment and intervention.

Purpose: To assess the proportion of primary care physician (PCP) offices meeting vaccine storage guidelines, identify factors associated with low compliance, and evaluate whether a quality improvement (QI) activity improves compliance.

Methods: We examined compliance with guidelines of 721 PCP offices contracted with a national managed care organization in four cities. A QI activity (educational materials, written feedback, and distribution of thermometers) was conducted at baseline and a follow-up assessment occurred within 3 months.