Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

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

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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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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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Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease ...

March 1st, 2013
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Infants born to mothers electively at a gestational age of 37-39 weeks are more likely to develop...

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Does your hospital huddle? Staff in the medical-surgical unit at Fairbanks (AK) Memorial Hospital...

February 25th, 2013
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The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

February 13th, 2013
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Written by HRET staff member Cynthia Hedges Greising and AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Fe...

February 7th, 2013
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Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

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The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

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Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...

January 1st, 2013
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Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

January 1st, 2013

Ryhov HospitalJönköping, Sweden Ryhov Hospital is a county hospital in Jönköping, Sweden, with a...

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Use this tool to assess whether your health-related organization or system, or coalition of organ...

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