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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...
The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...
A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...
A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...
The project includes a hard stop chain of command. When scheduling an induction or C-section, the...
The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...
As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....
By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...
The blood bank relocated to a new hospital facility while the labor and delivery (L&D) unit remai...
This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...
Demand for Brockton Neighborhood Health Center (BNHC) accelerated after it started in 1994 as a m...