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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois H...
The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...
Perineal trauma during childbirth can lead to significant short- or long-term complications such ...
Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...
Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...
The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...
Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...
The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...
This project was designed to improve the total health care for patients of a community mental hea...
The feeling of being truly cared for leaves a lasting impression and aids in the healing process....
Human resources and the nursing leadership team worked together using a PDCA for rapid cycle impr...
St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...
A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, N.Y., focused on patients with congestive heart failure,...
South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...
Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....
