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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...
Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...
The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...
When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...
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 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 Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...
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...
