Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

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Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

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The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

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Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

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Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

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In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

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As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

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Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

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The average length of stay for patients undergoing single elective total joint replacement surger...

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This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...

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St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...

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Strong Memorial Hospital adopted barcode medication administration technology to reduce the incid...

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In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

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Falls increased in Thompson Health's inpatient areas in 2009 and 2010, and the number of falls wa...

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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

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To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

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Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

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