The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

February 1st, 2012
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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

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Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

February 1st, 2012
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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

February 1st, 2012
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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

February 1st, 2012
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When Kaiser Permanente in California measured its incidence of pressure ulcers in patients three ...

January 30th, 2012
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Implementing quality improvement projects can improve patient safety and reduce inefficiency. But...

January 23rd, 2012
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In 2006, Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit health care system, chose ...

January 1st, 2012
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AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...

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Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...

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The Respecting Choices' advance care planning program, developed in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is a mu...

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Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

January 1st, 2012
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Johns Hopkins Health SystemBaltimore, MD912 Beds  The Problem Hopkins ElderPlus is the Programs ...

January 1st, 2012
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Carolinas HealthCare System, based in Charlotte, N.C., is partnering with 12 YMCA branches "to cr...

December 19th, 2011
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Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...

October 3rd, 2011
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The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...

September 19th, 2011
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Overcoming transition challenges requires tenacity and teamwork. During a time of transition befo...

September 12th, 2011
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Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

August 22nd, 2011
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Electronic health records may create less paperwork, but documentation can still be time-consumin...

June 20th, 2011
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Listening to patients and the community can spark change. The Lehigh Valley Health Network, in ea...

May 23rd, 2011
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