Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

The average length of stay for patients undergoing single elective total joint replacement surger...

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

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

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

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

Falls increased in Thompson Health's inpatient areas in 2009 and 2010, and the number of falls wa...

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

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

Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

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

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

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

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

NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...

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

This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...

Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...

Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...

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

A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

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

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

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

As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...

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

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

This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identifie...

SSM Saint Mary’s Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO 374 Beds The Problem Better Outcomes for Older Ad...

About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community ...

Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a "tsunami of activities, expectation...

Integrating the electronic health record to improve the overall care and health of the communitie...

This webpage gives tips for safely disposing (getting rid of) needles and other sharp devices tha...

This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...

This certified CME/CE activity addresses professional practice gaps in the optimal care of chroni...

According to the survey, few nurses and physicians reported routinely submitting online reports, ...

Accreditation by The Joint Commission was associated with stronger performance on disease-specifi...

Could changing the staffing model in the intensive care unit reduce patients' risk of dying?Accor...

In an effort to provide hospitals and health systems nationwide with guidance, Premier developed ...

Statistics fans, check out these numbers: Staff at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) has...

Duplicate medication order errors increased with CPOE and CDS implementation. Many work system fa...

Results from the 2010 survey about readmission activities are presented

Front-line nurses led the way in a medication safety initiative at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, S...

Rethinking a registration process kept its meds system in compliance. St. James Hospital and Heal...

Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

2011 Guidelines

The guide is based on the learning that emerged from a multi-year pilot project that aimed to red...

Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...

The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held i...

When the Infection Prevention and Control Department of Medical Center of McKinney in McKinney, T...

The guide is designed to serve as a quick, simple resource by outlining four steps: Examine yo...

In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia exper...

The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...

As a result of care coordination activities with Medicare patients, the opportunity to improve pa...

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

The Problem The organization was recording more patient falls than its leadership considered acc...

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

The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...

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

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

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