Poor planning. High costs. These issues helped prompt Saint Joseph-London in London, Ky., to impr...

July 11th, 2011
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Drug prescriptions need to accurately identify the medications that prescribers intend for pharma...

July 1st, 2011
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The Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.

July 1st, 2011
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Health care professionals and patients all agree that wrong site surgery is a serious and prevent...

June 29th, 2011
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The mission: to eliminate all preventable harm by January 1, 2012. The team leaders: board of dir...

June 27th, 2011
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Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...

June 6th, 2011
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Results from the 2010 survey about readmission activities are presented

June 1st, 2011
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In late 2010, NAPH administered an online survey to quality directors (or their designee) at 101 ...

June 1st, 2011
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Front-line nurses led the way in a medication safety initiative at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, S...

May 16th, 2011
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Rethinking a registration process kept its meds system in compliance. St. James Hospital and Heal...

April 25th, 2011
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Salt and a jar of pickles: That's what one HealthEast (St. Paul, Minn.) transition coach found in...

April 11th, 2011
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March 6-12 is designated as National Patient Safety Awareness Week...and we know that America's h...

March 7th, 2011
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An analysis of the current market

March 1st, 2011
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At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago, Nancy Donaldson, R.N., dir...

February 14th, 2011
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Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

February 1st, 2011
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 The purpose of this guide is to provide hospitals with a resource to help reduce inappropriate v...

February 1st, 2011
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One measure in one area in one month: 1-1-1. That's the call-to-action plan employed by Parrish M...

January 24th, 2011
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The guide is based on the learning that emerged from a multi-year pilot project that aimed to red...

January 1st, 2011
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The report provides: Background on health and wellness programs and how they are incentivized ...

January 1st, 2011
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