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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...
Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...
Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...
Sepsis is a medical condition with high rates of morbidity, mortality and cost and it is the most...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...
Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...
In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...
The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...
Blood transfusions to treat anemia can have a significant impact on patient outcomes. It was reco...
The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...
The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...
Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...