After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

June 10th, 2015
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Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...

June 9th, 2015
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In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

June 8th, 2015
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The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

June 8th, 2015
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SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

June 1st, 2015
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St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...

May 28th, 2015
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The hospital recognized an urgent need to improve the current rate of colorectal cancer screening...

April 3rd, 2015
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Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

March 31st, 2015
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The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

March 22nd, 2015
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This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

March 12th, 2015
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Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...

March 8th, 2015
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After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

March 12th, 2013
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The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

March 12th, 2013
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Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

June 1st, 2012
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As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

June 1st, 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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A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...

June 1st, 2012
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This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

June 1st, 2012
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The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

June 1st, 2012
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