The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

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At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

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The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

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The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

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In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

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Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...

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An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...

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Medication, in addition to other treatment options, is an integral part of the care provided to l...

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For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...

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

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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

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This journey began when St. Francis Hospital gave fruit cocktail to a patient with a severe aller...

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Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

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Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...

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Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

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In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...

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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

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

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Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

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North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...

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