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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
A strategy to use a single, integrated EMR has helped make Elliot Health System, based in Manches...
Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...
Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...
For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...
ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...
The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...
The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...
The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...
Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...
The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...
The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...
The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...
The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...
The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...
The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...