This case study looks at he Joint Commission's recommendation related to culturally and linguisti...

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Little is known about the unique health needs and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans...

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Beginning in August 2007, the Arizona Department of Health Services' Health Disparities Center or...

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The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...

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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy developed a curriculum to add...

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The Cancer Legal Resource Center, joint program of the Disability Rights Legal Center and Loyola ...

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Kaiser Permanente, as an integrated health care delivery system, has made significant progress to...

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n 2008, Barnes-Jewish Hospital center for diversity and cultural competence developed an 18-hourc...

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Project Perlas is a community-based participatory research project addressing disparities in mamm...

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African American older adults are at greater risk of depression due to the higher incidence of ch...

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Today health disparities remain a constant challenge for immigrants, refugees and displaced popul...

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This case study explores the process of accessing health care from the perspective of the immigra...

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Many immigrant parents rely on their children to help them communicate as ad hoc interpreters in ...

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There is often a lack of coordination among the various health and social systems that provide in...

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Neighborhood and environment are important determinants of health in addition to individual chara...

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Approximately 24 million people--8.5 percent of the U.S. population--are defined as having Limite...

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In order to deliver the highest quality and most appropriate health care, Georgia Health Sciences...

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Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...

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Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, a division of Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc., is a Catholic, no...

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Examples of and the rationale for strategies used to foster critical consciousness in the work of...

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The need for cultural competence among physician providers is widely recognized by accrediting bo...

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As the United States becomes increasingly diverse and as individuals choose to be more acculturat...

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After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

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The driving principle behind the outpatient service excellence journey is excellent customer serv...

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A nurse-driven protocol was implemented to increase the staff’s awareness on the appropriate indi...

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After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

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The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI  collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...

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Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the im...

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In October 2010, Memorial Medical Center implemented an intervention “bundle” designed to reduce ...

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A hospital study was conducted to evaluate the practicality and effectiveness of UV light as a ge...

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The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

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Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

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To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

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

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

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The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...

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

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

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

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What is it? The RXAssistance Patient Assistance Program initiative began in 2005 as a collaborati...

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The program director created the Individuals Combining Activity and Nutrition (ICAN) pilot progra...

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Platte County holds free birthing classes for expectant parents three times per year in January, ...

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Healthy Woman is a community that empowers women with the confidence to make informed health care...

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The Sharps Disposal Program offers a safe way for diabetics or anyone using medical sharps to dis...

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St. John?s Institute for Cognitive Health and the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer?s Care,...

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In 2007, Cheyenne Regional lent its name, planning/advocacy staff, and financial resources to par...

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he camp, a collaboration with Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and the University of Wyoming C...

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Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...

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

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

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Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...

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Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...

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Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...

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Bellin Health SystemGreen Bay, WI Bellin Health System is a nonprofit integrated health care del...

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Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...

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Saint Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWabasha, MN25 Beds Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, part of Min...

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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...

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Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...

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Informed Medical Decisions FoundationBoston, MAThe Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, founded...

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Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...

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Atlantic Health SystemNew Jersey1,308 Beds Atlantic Health System owns and operates Morristown M...

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Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...

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Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...

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

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Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...

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

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

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

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

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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...

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UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...

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A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...

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Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...

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Partner's created the Center for Connected Health to promote technology-enabled innovations in te...

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Kaiser maintains a number of operating units to identify and test innovations. The Center for Tot...

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

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

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Although Maryland enjoys the third highest median income in the United States, the state suffers ...

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Among the agencies that have made a substantial effort toward competency is the Nursing Home Ombu...

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Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...

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As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...

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