IHA case studies
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According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
Restraint documentation was a challenge at the hospital for multiple reasons, including the imple...
In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
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...
The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...
This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...
Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...
The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...
Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...
The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...
An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...
Falls prevention continues to be a focus on all patient units and is a priority for safe care thr...
The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...
The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...
Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...
The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...
The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...
The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...
Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...
St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...
A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...
Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...
A Safe Patient Handling program (SPH) was initiated in 2006. A SPH vendor was chosen based upon e...
The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...
A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...
The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...
As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...
Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...
