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An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...
Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...
Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...
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...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...
The mission: to eliminate all preventable harm by January 1, 2012. The team leaders: board of dir...
Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...
Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...
The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...
