Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

June 1st, 2015
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Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

June 1st, 2015
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A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

May 28th, 2015
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The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

May 27th, 2015
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South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...

April 21st, 2015
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Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...

April 16th, 2015
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Cox Health System's (Springfield, Mo.) medical leadership created a list of medical indications t...

April 16th, 2015
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Engaging Leadership and Governance in Quality and Patient Safety Initiatives Ensuring safe, high...

April 15th, 2015
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“Mobility is medicine,” say clinicians and volunteers working together to improve patient care at...

April 13th, 2015
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Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

April 3rd, 2015
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This facility's coronary artery stents per admission rate was consistently higher than the nation...

April 3rd, 2015
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The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...

April 3rd, 2015
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An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

March 27th, 2015
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The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...

March 27th, 2015
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To truly transform care, hospitals and care systems must effectively engage patients and their fa...

March 26th, 2015
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The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

March 22nd, 2015
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This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

March 12th, 2015
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Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence i...

March 11th, 2015
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The only acceptable number of avoidable patient harms is zero. At Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Cent...

March 9th, 2015

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

February 20th, 2015

The AHA/HRET HEN project ended in December 2014, but quality improvement work continues at hospit...

February 9th, 2015
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Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268-bed facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas, used best practice...

February 5th, 2015
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Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

February 5th, 2015
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Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...

February 5th, 2015
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Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

February 5th, 2015
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Midstate Medical Center, a 134-bed facility in Meriden, Connecticut, committed to reducing harm a...

February 5th, 2015
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NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

February 5th, 2015
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Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

February 5th, 2015
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Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...

February 5th, 2015
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Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...

February 5th, 2015
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St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

February 5th, 2015
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St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...

February 5th, 2015
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UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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Yuma Regional Medical Center, a 406-bed facility in Yuma, Arizona, used best practices and peer-t...

February 5th, 2015
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