Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them To identify the barriers to implementation and the s...

Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

Background: Despite increasing recognition that patients could play an important role in promotin...

This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...

Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

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

Falls increased in Thompson Health's inpatient areas in 2009 and 2010, and the number of falls wa...

In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...

South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...

Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with pat...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...

This certified CME/CE activity addresses professional practice gaps in the optimal care of chroni...

The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...

This white paper introduces an overall approach and tools designed to support two processes: the ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Steering Committee for the Prevention of H...

Duplicate medication order errors increased with CPOE and CDS implementation. Many work system fa...

While many health care-acquired infections are transmitted by personal contact due to poor hand h...

The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held i...

The Problem Communication is listed as the leading factor in the root causes of sentinel events ...