Case Studies
Featured
The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
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 Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...
The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....
The ProblemUrinary tract infections are the most common infections in hospitals. The majority are...
The ProblemMajor abdominal surgery, such as elective colon surgery or major hernia repair, is hig...
The ProblemMedication errors in the health care delivery system are the most common type of error...
The Problem The Pitt Country Memorial Hospital leadership team decided to reduce surgical compli...
The long-term care provider decided to tackle C. diff infections. Illness from C. diff commonly a...
The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...
The Problem Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a leading cause of death among all hospitalacquir...
The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...
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 Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...
The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...
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...
