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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...

February 29th, 2016
Lean/Six Sigma Methods Reduce Troponin Turnaround Time for Emergency Department Patients in a 500-Bed Tertiary Hospital Level I Trauma Center

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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Combining Nursing Assessment, Electronic Medical Record Technology and Risk Stratified Interventions to Develop an Effective Falls Prevention Program

The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

June 8th, 2015
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A Process Improvement Project Decreases Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Room

The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

June 8th, 2015
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Reducing Readmissions CQI+ Team-Implementing Change Through the IHA Project RED Collaborative

The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

June 3rd, 2015
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Achieving the Triple Aim: Leveraging and Learning from Top Performers to Accelerate Improvements-1

SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

June 1st, 2015
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Enhancing Hospital Safety Culture Through Use of Defect Huddle Incident Management System

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

May 29th, 2015
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Integration of Physicians into Lean/Six Sigma Performance Improvement Program via AMA PRA Category I-Accredited Executive White Belt Training Course

Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

March 31st, 2015
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