Framing the Issue The American health care system has serious problems with quality and safety. One effective way to attack these problems is through the methods of quality improvement (QI)....

Framing the Issue State newborn screening programs test nearly all infants born in the United States for selected inherited and congenital conditions that may cause disability or death. Screening is...

Framing the Issue Every day about 22 people in the United States die waiting for organ transplants. The deaths are especially tragic since many might be prevented if more organs...

Principal Investigators: Mary Ann Baily and Bruce Jennings Funder: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The investigators studied the ethical issues raised by the use of quality improvement (QI) methods...

Edited by Mary Ann Baily and Thomas H. Murray (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009) Highly Commended, Basis of Medicine, 2010 British Medical Association Book Awards The United States has the...

Hastings Investigators: Thomas H. Murray and Mary Ann Baily Funder: National Human Genome Research Institute New screening technologies and new knowledge about the origin and treatment of genetic conditions pose challenges...

Edited by Bruce Jennings, Mary Ann Baily, Melissa Bottrell, and Joanne Lynn This collection of original papers provides in-depth discussions of important ethical and regulatory aspects of quality improvement (QI). How...

Hastings Investigators: Angela Wasunna, Daniel Callahan, and Mary Ann Baily Funders: The Overbrook Foundation, The John Lloyd Foundation, and the Pettus-Crowe Foundation The aim of this project was to ensure that health care providers...

Hastings Investigators: Thomas H. Murray, Daniel Callahan, Mary Ann Baily, Angela Wasunna, and Josephine Johnston. Funder: The Donaghue Foundation This Center project examined concerns that arise in managing financial conflicts of interest in biomedical...

Project launched in September 2002 Center project staff: Thomas H. Murray, Mary Ann Baily Funded by: National Human Genome Research Institute Background New screening technologies and new knowledge about the origin and treatment...

Principal Investigators: Bruce Jennings and Mary Ann Baily Funders: The Nathan Cummings Foundation and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation The Hastings Center and the National Hospice Work Group, in association with the...