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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...
Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...
Although Maryland enjoys the third highest median income in the United States, the state suffers ...
Among the agencies that have made a substantial effort toward competency is the Nursing Home Ombu...
As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...
The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...
At Franciscan St. James Health, the nursery had the highest rate of "zero" orders (orders not on ...
Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...
Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...
The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...
Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...
Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a model of care in which multiple members of the care deliver...
The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...
South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the "Knot So Fast" project to promote a safe and effi...
The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...
Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...
Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...
Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...
St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...
Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...
The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...
North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...
Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...
San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...
University of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS623 Beds The Problem University of Mississipp...
University HospitalsCleveland, OH1,032 Beds The Problem To address the changing demographics of ...
AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...
The Respecting Choices' advance care planning program, developed in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is a mu...
In 2006, Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit health care system, chose ...
Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...
Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...
Summa Health SystemAkron, OH461 Beds The Problem Summa Health System serves a five county region...
The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...
The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...
The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...
The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...
The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...
The Problem Adverse drug events occur in as many as 10 percent of hospitalized patients, with th...
The Problem Progress West didn't so much have a problem but an opportunity. By opening a new hos...
The Problem Standard care for a patient in cardiac arrest has been cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
The Problem Communication is listed as the leading factor in the root causes of sentinel events ...
The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...
The Problem Nurses have always stuggled with balancing time between their workloads. Employee sa...
The Diversity & Inclusion Council was developed to create and sustain an organizational culture t...
Mercy Health Partners and Saint Mary's Health Care will be participating in the Improving Langua...
The St. Francis Medical Center Kitty DeGree Breast Health Center employs a full-time breast healt...
The Franciscan Clinic was designed with the idea that all employees who carry the hospital's insu...
Equity in Care was initiated by Trinity Health in 2009 and has grown to include identifying poten...