Volume 38 | Issue 2 | February 2012   

 Features
Performance Improvement
Spreading a Medication Administration Intervention Organizationwide in Six Hospitals 
Julie Kliger, MPA, BSN, RN; Sara Singer, MBA, PhD; Frank Hoffman, MA; Edward O’Neil, PhD, MPA, FAAN

Improving Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Processes and Outcomes at a Community Hospital
Jeanine Gray, RN, BSN; Ivy Razmus, MSN, RN

Infection Prevention and Control
Estimated Costs Associated with Improving Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Personnel in a Multihospital Health System
Chyongchiou Jeng Lin, PhD; Mary Patricia Nowalk, PhD, RD; Richard K. Zimmerman, MD, MPH

Performance Measures
Ongoing Professional Performance Evaluation (OPPE) Using Automatically Captured Electronic Anesthesia Data
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH; Justin P. Henneman, MS; Robert A. Peterfreund, MD, PhD; Tyler D. Sheehan, BS; Feng Xue, MS; Stephen Spring, BA; Warren S. Sandberg, MD, PhD  

Health Care Disparities
Impact of an Easy-Access Telephonic Interpreter Program in the Acute Care Setting: An Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Intervention
Delphine S. Tuot, MDCM; Monica Lopez, PhD, MSW; Cecily Miller, MPH; Leah S. Karliner, MD MAS 

Research Methods
Accelerating What Works: Using Qualitative Research Methods in Developing a Change Package for a Learning Collaborative
Asta V. Sorensen, MA; Shulamit L. Bernard, PhD, RN