Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...

For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...

A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...

Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...

Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...

The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...

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

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

The decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks ...

...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...

Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

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

To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, Ill., improved readmission rates for heart failure patien...

Pekin (Ill.) Hospital used plan-do-study-act with evidence-based practice research, guidelines re...

Hospitals and care systems across the country are engaged in quality improvement efforts to impro...

Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...

A “simple” complex plan is reducing readmissions at Wythe County Community Hospital, a 100-bed fa...

Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

Doctors Hospital of Manteca/Tenet HealthcareManteca, CABeds: 73 The ProblemRealizing high-alert ...

Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...

There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI  collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...

In October 2010, Memorial Medical Center implemented an intervention “bundle” designed to reduce ...

The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-ass...

The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...

Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a comprehensive toolkit focused on the prevalence and im...

The Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE...

By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

This multi-year NACHRI effort is focused on reducing CLABSI in the pediatric hematology/oncology ...

Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure are more likely...

America’s hospitals are committed to protecting the health and well-being of all patients, especi...

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and the Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF) partn...

Pennsylvania facilities submitted 879 medication error reports from July 1, 2004, through January...

Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...

A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

Roseland Community Hospital joined the Illinois Foundation for Quality Healthcare, the quality im...

Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...

A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...

A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...

The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...

Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...

A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...

A multidisciplinary team was formed to increase the rate of risk assessment and appropriate thera...

The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.  The award...

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

The average length of stay for patients undergoing single elective total joint replacement surger...

This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...

Strong Memorial Hospital adopted barcode medication administration technology to reduce the incid...

In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...