The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

January 4th, 2016
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The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

December 17th, 2015
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The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

November 23rd, 2015
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Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

November 23rd, 2015
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CDMHC’s innovative programs divert hundreds of patients from the hospitals and emergency departme...

November 10th, 2015
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Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...

October 6th, 2015
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The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...

October 6th, 2015
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In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

October 6th, 2015
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Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...

October 6th, 2015
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This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

October 5th, 2015
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It is certain that health status is profoundly influenced by the places in which people live, wor...

September 22nd, 2015
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Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...

September 15th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

September 14th, 2015
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Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

September 14th, 2015
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An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

September 14th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...

September 14th, 2015
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Falls prevention continues to be a focus on all patient units and is a priority for safe care thr...

September 14th, 2015
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Blood transfusions to treat anemia can have a significant impact on patient outcomes. It was reco...

September 14th, 2015
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The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

September 14th, 2015
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The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...

September 14th, 2015
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