Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, a division of Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc., is a Catholic, no...

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Examples of and the rationale for strategies used to foster critical consciousness in the work of...

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The need for cultural competence among physician providers is widely recognized by accrediting bo...

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As the United States becomes increasingly diverse and as individuals choose to be more acculturat...

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After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

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The driving principle behind the outpatient service excellence journey is excellent customer serv...

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A nurse-driven protocol was implemented to increase the staff’s awareness on the appropriate indi...

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After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

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The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI  collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...

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Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the im...

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In October 2010, Memorial Medical Center implemented an intervention “bundle” designed to reduce ...

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A hospital study was conducted to evaluate the practicality and effectiveness of UV light as a ge...

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The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

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Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

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To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

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After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

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The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...

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Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

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The purpose of the project was to improve the recognition and early goal directed treatment of pa...

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The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

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Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

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Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

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The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-ass...

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The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

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In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...

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A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

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Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

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An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

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This webinar provided an understanding of how scientific operations management and IHO Variabilit...

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A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

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A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

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This primer discusses community benefit laws across the United States, noting differences in fede...

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The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...

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Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease ...

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Infants born to mothers electively at a gestational age of 37-39 weeks are more likely to develop...

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Does your hospital huddle? Staff in the medical-surgical unit at Fairbanks (AK) Memorial Hospital...

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The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

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Today we need leaders who can help address the challenges and maximize the tremendous opportuniti...

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Written by HRET staff member Cynthia Hedges Greising and AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Fe...

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The AHA’s framework for health reform, Health for Life, embraces the need to engage patients and ...

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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

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Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

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The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

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Webinars and presentations from the New England Health Impact Assessment Training Series in 2012.

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Year after year, America’s hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 200...

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What is it? The RXAssistance Patient Assistance Program initiative began in 2005 as a collaborati...

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The program director created the Individuals Combining Activity and Nutrition (ICAN) pilot progra...

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Platte County holds free birthing classes for expectant parents three times per year in January, ...

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Healthy Woman is a community that empowers women with the confidence to make informed health care...

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The Sharps Disposal Program offers a safe way for diabetics or anyone using medical sharps to dis...

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St. John?s Institute for Cognitive Health and the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer?s Care,...

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In 2007, Cheyenne Regional lent its name, planning/advocacy staff, and financial resources to par...

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he camp, a collaboration with Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and the University of Wyoming C...

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Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...

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Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...

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Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

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Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...

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Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...

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Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...

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Bellin Health SystemGreen Bay, WI Bellin Health System is a nonprofit integrated health care del...

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Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...

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Saint Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWabasha, MN25 Beds Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, part of Min...

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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...

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Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...

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Informed Medical Decisions FoundationBoston, MAThe Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, founded...

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Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...

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Atlantic Health SystemNew Jersey1,308 Beds Atlantic Health System owns and operates Morristown M...

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Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...

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Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...

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Ryhov HospitalJönköping, Sweden Ryhov Hospital is a county hospital in Jönköping, Sweden, with a...

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Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders were at a higher risk of po...

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This book provides practical skills for building communities. Chapters three, four and five addre...

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This website provides a wealth of resources on CommunityHealth Needs Assessment and the related I...

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This report details the Institute of Medicine's roundtable on population health improvement and d...

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This report discusses strategies to help health care leaders prioritize three foundational elemen...

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This report identifies steps that policy, public health and community stakeholders can take to pr...

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Use this tool to assess whether your health-related organization or system, or coalition of organ...

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In 2012 the AHA Committee on Research focused on actively engaging health care users to improve o...

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