Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...

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

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

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

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...

Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

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

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

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

A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...

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

Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...

Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...

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

For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...

As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...

Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...

St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...

Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...

In March 2009, after assessing staff's knowledge about fire prevention and safety, St. Mary's Hos...

Emergency department admitted patients used to wait an average of 24 hours for an inpatient bed a...

This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support...

The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...

The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient...

The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

The Problem Wait times in the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation center were unacceptable; some ...

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

The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...

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

The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...

The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...

The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...