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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
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...
Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...
The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...
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...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...
Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...
The Bridge Model improves transitions of care by utilizing master’s-educated social workers in a ...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
Hospital Menonita de Cayey, a 208-bed facility in Cayey, Puerto Rico, used best practices and pee...
Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...
Pinnacle Health System Harrisburg, PA599 Beds The Problem Health systems are no longer simply as...