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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...
Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...
Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...
The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
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.) ...
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 ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
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 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 With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...
