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The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The award...
Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...
This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators from AHRQ, and s...
An interactive map showing quality initiatives by state
The patient safety portal includes links to valuable tools and resources.
In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...
Wrong site surgeries are rare and difficult to study. But most health care organizations recogniz...
This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.
The use of "triggers" or clues to identify adverse events is an effective method for measuring th...
Improving quality of care can go hand in hand with eliminating disparities in care. University of...
Early elective deliveries have been proven to increase the risk of adverse health outcomes post d...
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...
Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...
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...
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...
Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...
At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...
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 ...
Continuum Health Partners' pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...
Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse a...
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...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...
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...
In 2006, Southampton Hospital's department of nursing conducted a needs assessment focusing on th...
This journey began when St. Francis Hospital gave fruit cocktail to a patient with a severe aller...
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...
Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...
In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...
In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...
The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...
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...
In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...