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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...
This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...
Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...
Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb, Ill., created a total knee and hip joint replacement center of excel...
Lean Six Sigma tools were used to reduce pressure ulcers at Memorial Health System, Springfield, ...
For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...
Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, Ill., improved readmission rates for heart failure patien...
Pekin (Ill.) Hospital used plan-do-study-act with evidence-based practice research, guidelines re...
Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...
The hospital applied for the Joint Commission certification as a Primary Stroke Center. In order...
The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...
During 2011, the hospital joined the IHA Project Re-Engineering Discharge (RED) collaborative to ...
Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...
St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...
Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...
Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...
Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...
The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...
This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...
On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...
Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...
The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...
Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...
St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...
Doctors Hospital of Manteca/Tenet HealthcareManteca, CABeds: 73 The ProblemRealizing high-alert ...
Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc., have had a long-...
Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...
Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...
According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...
Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...
Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...
The hospital was experiencing higher costs and lower quality care than its competitors based on d...
Early and safe mobility of critically ill patients in a cardiovascular surgical intensive care un...
After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...
A nurse-driven protocol was implemented to increase the staff’s awareness on the appropriate indi...
After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...
The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...
Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the im...
In October 2010, Memorial Medical Center implemented an intervention “bundle” designed to reduce ...
A hospital study was conducted to evaluate the practicality and effectiveness of UV light as a ge...
The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...
Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...
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...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
The purpose of the project was to improve the recognition and early goal directed treatment of pa...
The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...
Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...
The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-ass...
The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...
In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...
An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...
The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...
Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...
Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...
The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...
Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...
University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...
A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...
A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...
The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infe...
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...