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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...
Roseland Community Hospital joined the Illinois Foundation for Quality Healthcare, the quality im...
Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...
A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...
Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...
At Franciscan St. James Health, the nursery had the highest rate of "zero" orders (orders not on ...
Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...
A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...
Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...
A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...
Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...
The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...
Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...
The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...
Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...
A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...
