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Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...
Roseland Community Hospital joined the Illinois Foundation for Quality Healthcare, the quality im...
Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...
A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...
Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...
Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...
Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...
A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...
Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...
The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...
Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...
A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...
A multidisciplinary team was formed to increase the rate of risk assessment and appropriate thera...
As a small community hospital, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence was low. However, the lo...
For people with diabetes, getting the proper treatment for foot wounds can prevent lingering prob...
This webinar highlighted the necessity to eliminate elective early term deliveries due to its imp...
The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The award...
An interactive map showing quality initiatives by state
The patient safety portal includes links to valuable tools and resources.
In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...
The use of "triggers" or clues to identify adverse events is an effective method for measuring th...
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...
Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...
Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...
At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...
Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...
Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...
Continuum Health Partners' pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...
Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse a...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...
Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...
The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...
Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...
In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...
Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...
The average length of stay for patients undergoing single elective total joint replacement surger...
In 2006, Southampton Hospital's department of nursing conducted a needs assessment focusing on th...
This journey began when St. Francis Hospital gave fruit cocktail to a patient with a severe aller...
This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...