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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...
A strategy to use a single, integrated EMR has helped make Elliot Health System, based in Manches...
Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
Clinical IT systems create great opportunities and challenges, especially for rural hospitals. St...
Providing high-quality care to every child has always been the objective at Children's Mercy Hosp...
Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...
A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...
A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...
The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...
Overcoming transition challenges requires tenacity and teamwork. During a time of transition befo...
Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...
The mission: to eliminate all preventable harm by January 1, 2012. The team leaders: board of dir...
Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...
The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...
The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...
"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...
Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, used "a novel approach" to ...
A focus on wellness to provide better health and better health care is part of the AHA's Health F...
The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...
Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed i...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...
Abington Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from the chie...
Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...
Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...
For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...
ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...
As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...
"There are two jobs at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica, N.Y. "taking care of patients directl...
The 3,500 employees of Eastern (Bangor) Maine Medical Center are role models for other employees ...
After attending a 2005 conference on trauma-informed care, two nurses at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospi...
Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...
When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...
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 Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
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 Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...
The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...
The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...
The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...
The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...
The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...
The Problem Hazleton General Hospital is committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered,...
Health care acquired infections in U.S. hospitals account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 a...
The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...
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 According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...
The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...
The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...
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...
The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem Nurses have always stuggled with balancing time between their workloads. Employee sa...
The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...
The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...
The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...
The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...
The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...
The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...
The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...
The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...
The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...
Holy Cross Hospital Health Centers are primary care medical centers that provide affordable servi...