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After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...
To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...
After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...
The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...
In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...
The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...
Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a comprehensive toolkit focused on the prevalence and im...
Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...
Marking its 60th anniversary last year, Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, can count many accompli...
This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...
Drawing from data reported by the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research an...
Pennsylvania facilities submitted 879 medication error reports from July 1, 2004, through January...
At Franciscan St. James Health, the nursery had the highest rate of "zero" orders (orders not on ...
Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...
Communication breakdowns continue to be a leading cause of medical errors. Staff at Butler County...
Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...
The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...
Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...
Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...