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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
The Problem Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a leading cause of death among all hospitalacquir...
The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...
The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...
The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...
The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...
The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...
The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...
The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...
The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...
The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...
The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...
The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...
The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...
The Problem DMC wanted to chart a new path for fulfilling its mission of offering the best possi...
The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...
The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...
