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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...
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 Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
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 While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...
The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...
The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...
The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...
The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...
The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...
The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...
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...
The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...