Preventing falls has been in the news recently, and with good reason: Among older adults, falls a...

November 10th, 2014
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Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

August 29th, 2014
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Three Illinois hospitals received recognition for “delivering quality with distinction” by the Il...

August 18th, 2014

It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Re...

July 28th, 2014
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Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

July 11th, 2014
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A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

June 4th, 2014
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There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

April 16th, 2014
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The Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides are a suite of tools that include ...

January 16th, 2014
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Never underestimate the power of data. Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital focused on collecting and...

December 16th, 2013
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Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

September 9th, 2013
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This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps...

July 18th, 2013
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The Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks are designed to improve patient care ac...

July 10th, 2013
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Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

May 6th, 2013
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More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...

April 22nd, 2013
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Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...

March 31st, 2013
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In December 2009, the medical center embarked on a little known and practiced procedure in the Un...

March 22nd, 2013
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In 2009, the leadership team of this hospital empowered its multidisciplinary critical care commi...

March 13th, 2013
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Good patient/provider communication correlates with greater patient satisfaction, increased patie...

March 12th, 2013
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Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...

March 12th, 2013
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The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...

March 12th, 2013
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