Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

February 2nd, 2017
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At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

September 16th, 2016
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The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

September 16th, 2016
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Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

September 16th, 2016
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The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

September 16th, 2016
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Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

September 16th, 2016
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The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

September 16th, 2016
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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

September 16th, 2016
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As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...

September 16th, 2016
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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....

September 16th, 2016
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This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...

September 16th, 2016
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Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...

October 6th, 2015
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Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...

October 6th, 2015
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In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

October 6th, 2015
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During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

June 18th, 2015
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The Healthy You program was designed to enhance whole person health of the hospital's team member...

June 18th, 2015
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Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

June 18th, 2015
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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

June 17th, 2015
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Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...

June 17th, 2015
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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

June 17th, 2015
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