The systemwide Obstetrics Care Excellence Team was formed to improve quality of care and reduce c...

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This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...

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The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...

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Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

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After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

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In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

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This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

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Restraint documentation was a challenge at the hospital for multiple reasons, including the imple...

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In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...

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The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

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Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

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While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

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Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

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The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

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The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

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Concurrent review of three core measure sets has ensured appropriate and timely patient care. The...

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Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...

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This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...

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Staff at this community-based rural hospital in northwest Illinois that treats more than 18,000 e...

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