Approximately two years ago frontline staff presented a proposal to remove bed and chair alarms f...

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Patient and system tracers have been conducted at this institution since 2008. Prior to this proj...

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A house wide effort was lead this year to teach and embed continuous improvement methodology and ...

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As the conventional analogy notes, change occurs when an organization finds itself atop a burning...

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Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...

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Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...

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In 2012, a physician-led Pioneer accountable care organization recognized an opportunity to bette...

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The health system's vision in 2014 was "to transform the delivery and financing of health care to...

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For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...

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The ICMP Program is a Care Manager collaborative created to ensure the transition of patient care...

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North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...

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The skilled nursing facility three-day waiver program is an exciting opportunity at Partners Heal...

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Mercy Medical Center committed to delivering the highest quality care with the greatest efficienc...

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Nighttime or off-shift intubations are a low-frequency, high-risk procedure in a community hospit...

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Under the leadership of the Process Improvement (PI) Department, the organization has been drivin...

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The Perioperative Medicine Model of Care is a three-pronged approach to the postoperative care of...

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North Shore Medical Center is dedicated to safely transitioning all emergency department patients...

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As part of the efforts to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognize...

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TEMPO: Together Everyone Improves Patient Outcomes, an initiative undertaken at Saint Vincent Hos...

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Telemedicine, successfully used in many areas of medicine, has yet to be evaluated during the reh...

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Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that diagnostic care for patients who were referred within the...

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As the complexity and cost of cancer care increases, there is an urgent need to support and track...

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New England Quality Care Alliance, a physician network, implemented a medication prior authorizat...

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Newton-Wellesley Hospital reviewed rates of third and fourth degree obstetrical trauma (Patient S...

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The integrated specialty pharmacy program at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., i...

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In early 2010, Emerson Hospital board members, medical staff and executive leaders convened to ad...

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The project's goal was to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in trached and ...

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This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...

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In 2015, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funded HRET to strengthen care transitions by crea...

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The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

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