The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

June 1st, 2012
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Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

June 1st, 2012
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Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...

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Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...

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The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

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Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

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The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

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The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...

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Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...

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A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...

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The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...

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A multidisciplinary team was formed to increase the rate of risk assessment and appropriate thera...

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As a small community hospital, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence was low. However, the lo...

June 1st, 2012
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Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

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Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...

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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

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Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

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Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a model of care in which multiple members of the care deliver...

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The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

February 1st, 2012
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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

February 1st, 2012
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