The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...

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The Problem Nurses have always stuggled with balancing time between their workloads. Employee sa...

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The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...

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The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...

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The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...

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The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...

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The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...

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The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...

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The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...

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The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...

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The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...

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The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...

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The Problem DMC wanted to chart a new path for fulfilling its mission of offering the best possi...

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The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...

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The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...

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The Problem Falls are a serious problem for older people, composing the largest single category ...

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The Problem Norwalk Hospital was an early developer and user of health information technology. I...

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The Problem Nearly one million people develop pressure ulcers each year, and 60,000 U.S. hospita...

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The Problem OSF St. Mary Medical Center, in collaboration with the OSF system-wide Patient Safet...

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The Problem Ventilator associated pneumonia are infections that occur in ventilator tubes and ac...

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