Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

October 1st, 2013
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Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

September 23rd, 2013

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

September 16th, 2013
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Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

August 30th, 2013
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St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

August 30th, 2013
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The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

March 25th, 2013
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Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

March 25th, 2013
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The University of Michigan Health System used lean management and the plan-do-check-act cycle to ...

March 12th, 2013
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Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

March 6th, 2013
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An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

March 6th, 2013
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Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them To identify the barriers to implementation and the s...

November 20th, 2012
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"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

November 5th, 2012
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Purpose: To explore surgeons' perceptions of the factors that influence their intraoperative deci...

October 10th, 2012
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Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and tec...

October 1st, 2012
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The IHI Improvement Capability Self‐Assessment Tool is designed to assist organizations in asse...

September 26th, 2012
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Continuous. Quality. Improvement. To achieve that goal, Meriter Hospital, a 448-bed facility in M...

September 17th, 2012
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A recent study of 39 children's hospitals revealed 16 organizations have antimicrobial stewardshi...

August 1st, 2012
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A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...

July 19th, 2012
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After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

June 1st, 2012
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Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...

June 1st, 2012
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