These studies provide a window on what's going on in the healthcare system, and that's very important. Meltzer's study will look at the effect of hospitalists or hospital-based internists on both the quality and cost of healthcare. We're finding both significant cost savings and better outcomes as hospitalists gain more disease-specific experience. Michal Tamuz, researcher from the University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, received a grant to study ways to improve medication safety. Researchers will examine how two tertiary care hospitals and their pharmacies collect information about potential adverse drug events and errors and how they seek to learn from those actual and potential errors.
Quality improvement is a never-ending journey.
The research grants will lead to improved health outcomes for Americans.