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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
Recognizing the need to build a just culture, the leadership team at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hos...
As the conventional analogy notes, change occurs when an organization finds itself atop a burning...
Nighttime or off-shift intubations are a low-frequency, high-risk procedure in a community hospit...
Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...
The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...
The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...
The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Texas Health Institute developed a fr...
n 2008, Barnes-Jewish Hospital center for diversity and cultural competence developed an 18-hourc...
Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...
Examples of and the rationale for strategies used to foster critical consciousness in the work of...
Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...
The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...
Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...
The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...
