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A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...
Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...
As health care facilities continually look to strengthen their falls prevention programs and resp...
Rob Olson, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Bellingham, Wash., sold his solo practice when he ...
Seasonal influenza remains a serious public health concern. According to the CDC, seasonal influe...
The goal of this guide is to help hospital leaders better understand how to address the issue of ...
This web seminar provided participants with information about diversity management, cultural comp...
An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundati...
An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundati...
Every four years, the Olympic Games recognize athletes on a quest to be the best in their chosen ...
The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...
A recent study of 39 children's hospitals revealed 16 organizations have antimicrobial stewardshi...
Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure are more likely...
The Health Disparities Cancer Collaborative implemented six components of the chronic care model ...
This commentary was written by Daren R. Anderson, MD, vice president and chief quality officer, ...
This toolkit presents Muskegon County's Community Health Needs Assessment process and results, a...
Studies suggest that the presence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) adds a layer of complexity...
University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...
A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...
Small but mighty describes Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hosp...
E-mail, e-books, e-commerce. And now for patients, eVisits. At the University of Pittsburgh Medic...
Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experien...
Quality is the first word that comes to mind when we talk about the American Hospital Association...
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men, after skin cancer. According to...
Fully two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. One-third of American children are overwei...
It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...
This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...
Drawing from data reported by the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research an...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and the Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF) partn...
Pennsylvania facilities submitted 879 medication error reports from July 1, 2004, through January...
This chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of care th...
This article discusses divergent concepts of population health between care delivery systems and ...
Although Maryland enjoys the third highest median income in the United States, the state suffers ...
Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...
A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...
The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...
Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...
Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...
Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...
Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...
Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...
Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...
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 ...
The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...
A multidisciplinary team was formed to increase the rate of risk assessment and appropriate thera...