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The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....
The ProblemUrinary tract infections are the most common infections in hospitals. The majority are...
The ProblemMajor abdominal surgery, such as elective colon surgery or major hernia repair, is hig...
The ProblemMedication errors in the health care delivery system are the most common type of error...
The Problem The Pitt Country Memorial Hospital leadership team decided to reduce surgical compli...
The long-term care provider decided to tackle C. diff infections. Illness from C. diff commonly a...
The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...
The Problem Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a leading cause of death among all hospitalacquir...
The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...
The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...
The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...
The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...
The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...
The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...
The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...
The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...
The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...
The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...
The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...
The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...
The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...
The Problem DMC wanted to chart a new path for fulfilling its mission of offering the best possi...
The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...
The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...
The Problem Falls are a serious problem for older people, composing the largest single category ...
The Problem Norwalk Hospital was an early developer and user of health information technology. I...
The Problem Nearly one million people develop pressure ulcers each year, and 60,000 U.S. hospita...
The Problem OSF St. Mary Medical Center, in collaboration with the OSF system-wide Patient Safet...
The Problem Ventilator associated pneumonia are infections that occur in ventilator tubes and ac...
The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...
Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve...
This article discusses the role of information technology to achieve population health goals.
In order to significantly impact the patients with HF and reduce their readmission rates at Prove...
With the goal of improving patient care while cutting waste and cost, a team of employees met to ...
In 2004, officials at Miller Electric, a division of Illinois-based Illinois Tool Works, knew the...
