The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...

August 16th, 2016
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An integrated health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Avera Health serves patie...

April 22nd, 2016
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Based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gundersen Health System is an integrated tertiary referral center ...

April 22nd, 2016
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Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...

February 29th, 2016
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For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...

February 29th, 2016
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Mercy Medical Center committed to delivering the highest quality care with the greatest efficienc...

February 29th, 2016
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As part of the efforts to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognize...

February 29th, 2016
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Telemedicine, successfully used in many areas of medicine, has yet to be evaluated during the reh...

February 29th, 2016
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The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

January 4th, 2016
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Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...

November 9th, 2015
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Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...

September 15th, 2015
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Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

September 14th, 2015
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North Shore University Hospital’s palliative care unit emphasizes quality of life by providing pa...

September 14th, 2015

The Bridge Model improves transitions of care by utilizing master’s-educated social workers in a ...

July 27th, 2015
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Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...

June 16th, 2015
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...

June 16th, 2015
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The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...

June 16th, 2015
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The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

June 16th, 2015
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Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...

June 16th, 2015
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The Wisconsin Quality of Life Index is a multidimensional model for measuring patients’ quality o...

June 9th, 2015
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