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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...
The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...
The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infe...
Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...
Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis...
Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...
In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...
Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...