Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

September 16th, 2016
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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...

September 16th, 2016
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Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

April 25th, 2016
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Patient and system tracers have been conducted at this institution since 2008. Prior to this proj...

February 29th, 2016
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A house wide effort was lead this year to teach and embed continuous improvement methodology and ...

February 29th, 2016
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Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...

February 29th, 2016
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The health system's vision in 2014 was "to transform the delivery and financing of health care to...

February 29th, 2016
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The ICMP Program is a Care Manager collaborative created to ensure the transition of patient care...

February 29th, 2016
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Under the leadership of the Process Improvement (PI) Department, the organization has been drivin...

February 29th, 2016
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North Shore Medical Center is dedicated to safely transitioning all emergency department patients...

February 29th, 2016
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that diagnostic care for patients who were referred within the...

February 29th, 2016
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Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

May 20th, 2013
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The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...

March 26th, 2013
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Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

November 1st, 2012
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As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

June 1st, 2012
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This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care a...

March 1st, 2012
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AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

January 1st, 2012
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This report provides a guide to conducting health impact assessments. It stresses the importance ...

January 1st, 2012
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In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

December 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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