National attention to the issue of antibiotic stewardship is increasing. Drug-resistant bacteria ...

June 8th, 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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The only acceptable number of avoidable patient harms is zero. At Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Cent...

March 9th, 2015

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

February 9th, 2015
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Identifying solutions to reduce hospital-acquired conditions. Working to spread this knowledge to...

November 24th, 2014
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Preventing falls has been in the news recently, and with good reason: Among older adults, falls a...

November 10th, 2014
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Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...

October 20th, 2014
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Nearly 1,500 U.S. hospitals are working to eliminate patient harm and reduce hospital readmission...

October 13th, 2014
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Three Illinois hospitals received recognition for “delivering quality with distinction” by the Il...

August 18th, 2014

It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Re...

July 28th, 2014
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Small tests of change can give hospitals momentum and show early progress in improvement projects...

July 14th, 2014
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Improving care after discharge translates to decreased readmissions. Marshall Medical Center, a 1...

May 19th, 2014
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The National Patient Safety Foundation leads Patient Safety Awareness Week in early March to prom...

March 3rd, 2014
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Never underestimate the power of data. Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital focused on collecting and...

December 16th, 2013
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Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

December 9th, 2013
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A “simple” complex plan is reducing readmissions at Wythe County Community Hospital, a 100-bed fa...

November 25th, 2013
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Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...

November 4th, 2013
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Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical ...

October 21st, 2013

Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

September 9th, 2013
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It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

July 29th, 2013
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