Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

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This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

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While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

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The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

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The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

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The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...

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Today, about one out of three children and adolescents ages 2-19 in the United States is overweig...

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This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

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Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

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The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

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Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

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Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

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The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

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Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

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Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

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The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

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A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

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A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

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The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

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