Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...

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An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...

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

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Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

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

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

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

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

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Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

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The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

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In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

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Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

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Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...

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

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The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...

September 24th, 2009
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At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

September 21st, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

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The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

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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 ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...

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The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

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

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The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...

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The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...

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The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...

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The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...

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The Problem Hazleton General Hospital is committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered,...

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Health care acquired infections in U.S. hospitals account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 a...

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Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...

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The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...

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The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...

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

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The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...

July 31st, 2009
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The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

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The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...

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The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...

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The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...

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The Problem Nurses have always stuggled with balancing time between their workloads. Employee sa...

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The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...

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The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...

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The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...

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The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...

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The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...

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The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...

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The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...

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The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...

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The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...

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The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...

July 1st, 2009
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