Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

June 1st, 2012
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The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...

June 1st, 2012
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Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...

May 21st, 2012
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Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

March 19th, 2012
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Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...

March 2nd, 2012
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This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators from AHRQ, and s...

March 1st, 2012
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This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

February 22nd, 2012
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The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

February 1st, 2012
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Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

February 1st, 2012
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The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...

January 1st, 2012
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Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

January 1st, 2012
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About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community ...

December 1st, 2011
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In many contexts, cesarean delivery has come to be regarded as the safer option, when in fact it ...

December 1st, 2011
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Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital wit...

November 16th, 2011
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This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

November 1st, 2011
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The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

November 1st, 2011
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According to the survey, few nurses and physicians reported routinely submitting online reports, ...

October 3rd, 2011
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Accreditation by The Joint Commission was associated with stronger performance on disease-specifi...

October 1st, 2011
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n response to growing interest from the hospital community in better understanding and improving ...

October 1st, 2011
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The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...

September 1st, 2011
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