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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...
In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...
NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...
In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...
The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...
Just three years ago, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center faced falling quality indicators, staff ...
The Problem Administrative burdens and inefficient processes left nurses spending just one-third...
The Problem The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percen...
The Problem ThedaCare selected its radiation oncology (rad-onc) department to kick off a systemw...
The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...
The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...
The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...
The Problem Wait times in the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation center were unacceptable; some ...
The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...
The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...
The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....
The Problem Communication is listed as the leading factor in the root causes of sentinel events ...
The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...
The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...
The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...
The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...
