Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...

Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

The purpose of the project was to improve the recognition and early goal directed treatment of pa...

The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

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

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

The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...

Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

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

Infants born to mothers electively at a gestational age of 37-39 weeks are more likely to develop...

The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

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

Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

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

The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...

University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...

A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infe...

Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...

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...

At Franciscan St. James Health, the nursery had the highest rate of "zero" orders (orders not on ...

Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...

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...

Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

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...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

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...