With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...

February 1st, 2012
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St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

February 1st, 2012
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

February 1st, 2012
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SSM Saint Mary’s Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO 374 Beds The Problem Better Outcomes for Older Ad...

January 1st, 2012

Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a "tsunami of activities, expectation...

November 16th, 2011
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This certified CME/CE activity is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence...

November 1st, 2011
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This certified CME/CE activity addresses professional practice gaps in the optimal care of chroni...

November 1st, 2011
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The current understanding of what drives readmission focuses on the quality of the inpatient disc...

October 26th, 2011
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Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...

October 9th, 2011
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Steering Committee for the Prevention of H...

October 1st, 2011
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HAP launches a health care worker universal influenza vaccination campaign. The campaign provides...

October 1st, 2011
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The focus of this edition of the Economic Outlook is the physician preference market. The content...

October 1st, 2011
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Health care professionals and patients all agree that wrong site surgery is a serious and prevent...

June 29th, 2011
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Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

February 1st, 2011
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The article discusses how the Beacon community program has leveraged health information technolog...

September 1st, 2010
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Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...

August 9th, 2010
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Presented by Eric A. Coleman, MD,  this webinar addressed proposed changes in how hospitals are r...

April 20th, 2010
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The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

September 21st, 2009
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The Problem MRSA is a virulent bacteria that thrives in the health care setting, putting at grea...

August 1st, 2009
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The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a leading cause of death among all hospitalacquir...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...

July 1st, 2009
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Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve...

April 2nd, 2009
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