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Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...
March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...
Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...
A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...
The Lung Partners Primary Respiratory Care at the Crouse Hospital is managing the needs of patien...
A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...
A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...
“Small changes can make a big difference.” So say health care professionals working to prevent ad...
Using HOUDINI to eliminate CAUTI. It’s all about decreasing the inappropriate use of indwelling c...
State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...
Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...
Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...
In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...
A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...
White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital Center’s interdisciplinary team developed a disinfection procedure ...
What does it take to be a winner? Children's Hospital Colorado received the 2015 AHA-McKesson Que...
Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...
Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...
The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...
The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...
The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...
The decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks ...
...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...
Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...
To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...
SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...
Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...
“Mobility is medicine,” say clinicians and volunteers working together to improve patient care at...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...
This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...
The only acceptable number of avoidable patient harms is zero. At Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Cent...
The AHA/HRET HEN project ended in December 2014, but quality improvement work continues at hospit...
The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...
The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...
Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...
For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...
Nearly 1,500 U.S. hospitals are working to eliminate patient harm and reduce hospital readmission...
Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, Ill., improved readmission rates for heart failure patien...