Approximately 24 million people--8.5 percent of the U.S. population--are defined as having Limite...

March 12th, 2013
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The need for cultural competence among physician providers is widely recognized by accrediting bo...

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After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

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The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI  collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...

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In October 2010, Memorial Medical Center implemented an intervention “bundle” designed to reduce ...

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The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

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Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

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To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

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After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

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The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...

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Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

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The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

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The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-ass...

March 6th, 2013
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The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

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In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...

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A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

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Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

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An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

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This webinar provided an understanding of how scientific operations management and IHO Variabilit...

March 5th, 2013
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The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

February 13th, 2013
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