Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

February 1st, 2012
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The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...

February 1st, 2012
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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

February 1st, 2012
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For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...

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As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

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For more than ten years, St. Elizabeth Medical Center has focused on length of stay and resource ...

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This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...

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In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...

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In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

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NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...

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In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

February 1st, 2012
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Health care executives have to ensure that new care models are implemented effectively and improv...

November 29th, 2011
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Oregon's community hospitals are committed to working together to produce high-quality patient ca...

November 1st, 2011
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Ascension Health has some lofty goals: cut serious safety events by 40 percent by 2014. This come...

October 19th, 2011
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The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011, updates a series of comprehensive...

October 18th, 2011
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Just three years ago, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center faced falling quality indicators, staff ...

August 29th, 2011

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...

August 16th, 2010
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The Problem Administrative burdens and inefficient processes left nurses spending just one-third...

July 1st, 2010
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Due to the size and breadth of their organizations, multi-hospital health system leaders have a s...

March 1st, 2010
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When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

January 25th, 2010
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The Problem The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percen...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem ThedaCare selected its radiation oncology (rad-onc) department to kick off a systemw...

October 8th, 2009
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Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...

October 1st, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

September 20th, 2009
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The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

September 20th, 2009
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The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem Wait times in the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation center were unacceptable; some ...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

August 1st, 2009
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The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...

June 1st, 2009
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