Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...

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

The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...

Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...

With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...

Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...

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

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

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

Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...

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

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

In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...

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

Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a model of care in which multiple members of the care deliver...

Medication, in addition to other treatment options, is an integral part of the care provided to l...

For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...

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

For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...

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

This journey began when St. Francis Hospital gave fruit cocktail to a patient with a severe aller...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...

Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...

Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

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

Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...

North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...

Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...

St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

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

In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

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

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

This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...

St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...

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

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

Outside the intensive care unit, catheters remain in place for a longer duration; therefore, it i...

In 2005, North Shore University Hospital's president and chief executive officer made a commitmen...

Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...

In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...

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

Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

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

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

Strong Memorial Hospital adopted barcode medication administration technology to reduce the incid...

In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...

Emergency department admitted patients used to wait an average of 24 hours for an inpatient bed a...

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