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Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...
Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...
For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...
As part of the efforts to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognize...
Telemedicine, successfully used in many areas of medicine, has yet to be evaluated during the reh...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...
The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...
Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...
Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...
Many Medicare patients with life-limiting illnesses had no documented advanced directive while in...
A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...
Pinnacle Health System Harrisburg, PA599 Beds The Problem Health systems are no longer simply as...