Call for Papers
Safety Net Healthcare
Special Issue: March/April 2012
The Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ) is issuing a call for papers for a special issue on safety net healthcare to be published in 2012.This special issue provides a forum for healthcare professionals to dialogue about the quality of care provided in safety net hospitals and systems and to learn about their efforts to reform the delivery of care in order to continually increase the quality and capacity for providing care to an increasing population post reform. JHQ is seeking manuscripts for applied research and innovative, robust case studies focused on
- patient safety initiatives directed to reduce harm to patients and improve the culture of safety (such as improved results from the use of the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey)
- healthcare associated infection reduction efforts
- innovative programs delivering care to vulnerable patient populations producing improvements in local population health
- improvement in patient experience
- reduction in avoidable readmissions
- elimination of disparities of care
- community projects producing improvements in local population health
- improvements in efficiency and cost effectiveness
- health information technology (HIT) implementations that have supported improved care delivery
- increased efficiencies in administrative and clinical operational facets.
Please note that case studies must have data demonstrating improvement (such as pre- and post-intervention data or comparison to control) and clearly identifying the limitations and generalization of findings.
The journal's editors are currently soliciting manuscripts for a timely and relevant issue on the value and quality of the nation's safety net hospitals and systems and their use and contribution of evidence based practices that quantify and qualify their contribution to practical and applied research findings.
Learn more about this call for papers by viewing an archived webinar about the topic featuring JHQ Editor-in-Chief Maulik Joshi. If you’re interested in submitting an article but still have questions, or would like to discuss ideas on a manuscript for possible publication, please contact Maulik Joshi, JHQ Editor in Chief, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 312.422.2622.
The manuscript submission deadline is July 15, 2011.