The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

June 16th, 2015
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Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...

June 16th, 2015
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After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

June 10th, 2015
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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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This project was designed to improve the total health care for patients of a community mental hea...

June 10th, 2015
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Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...

June 9th, 2015
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Presence St. Joseph's Medical Center's project implemented interventions to maintain patient func...

June 9th, 2015
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In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

June 8th, 2015
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A performance improvement project was initiated to reduce the number of elective inductions and c...

June 8th, 2015
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The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

June 8th, 2015
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July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

June 8th, 2015
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The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

June 8th, 2015
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In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...

June 8th, 2015
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The decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks ...

June 8th, 2015
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...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...

June 8th, 2015
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Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

June 4th, 2015
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The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

June 3rd, 2015
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To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

June 2nd, 2015
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SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

June 1st, 2015
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Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

June 1st, 2015
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