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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
This case study looks at he Joint Commission's recommendation related to culturally and linguisti...
Little is known about the unique health needs and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans...
Beginning in August 2007, the Arizona Department of Health Services' Health Disparities Center or...
The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy developed a curriculum to add...
The Cancer Legal Resource Center, joint program of the Disability Rights Legal Center and Loyola ...
Kaiser Permanente, as an integrated health care delivery system, has made significant progress to...
n 2008, Barnes-Jewish Hospital center for diversity and cultural competence developed an 18-hourc...
Project Perlas is a community-based participatory research project addressing disparities in mamm...
African American older adults are at greater risk of depression due to the higher incidence of ch...
Today health disparities remain a constant challenge for immigrants, refugees and displaced popul...
This case study explores the process of accessing health care from the perspective of the immigra...
Many immigrant parents rely on their children to help them communicate as ad hoc interpreters in ...
There is often a lack of coordination among the various health and social systems that provide in...
Neighborhood and environment are important determinants of health in addition to individual chara...
Approximately 24 million people--8.5 percent of the U.S. population--are defined as having Limite...
In order to deliver the highest quality and most appropriate health care, Georgia Health Sciences...
Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, a division of Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc., is a Catholic, no...
Examples of and the rationale for strategies used to foster critical consciousness in the work of...
The need for cultural competence among physician providers is widely recognized by accrediting bo...
As the United States becomes increasingly diverse and as individuals choose to be more acculturat...
After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...
The driving principle behind the outpatient service excellence journey is excellent customer serv...
A nurse-driven protocol was implemented to increase the staff’s awareness on the appropriate indi...
After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...
The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...
Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the im...
In October 2010, Memorial Medical Center implemented an intervention “bundle” designed to reduce ...
A hospital study was conducted to evaluate the practicality and effectiveness of UV light as a ge...
The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...
Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...
To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...
After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...
The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
The purpose of the project was to improve the recognition and early goal directed treatment of pa...
The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...
Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...
The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-ass...
The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...
In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...
A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...
An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...
The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...
Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease ...
Infants born to mothers electively at a gestational age of 37-39 weeks are more likely to develop...
The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...
What is it? The RXAssistance Patient Assistance Program initiative began in 2005 as a collaborati...
The program director created the Individuals Combining Activity and Nutrition (ICAN) pilot progra...
Platte County holds free birthing classes for expectant parents three times per year in January, ...
Healthy Woman is a community that empowers women with the confidence to make informed health care...
The Sharps Disposal Program offers a safe way for diabetics or anyone using medical sharps to dis...
St. John?s Institute for Cognitive Health and the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer?s Care,...
In 2007, Cheyenne Regional lent its name, planning/advocacy staff, and financial resources to par...
he camp, a collaboration with Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and the University of Wyoming C...
Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...
Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...
Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...
Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...
Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...
Bellin Health SystemGreen Bay, WI Bellin Health System is a nonprofit integrated health care del...
Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...
Saint Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWabasha, MN25 Beds Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, part of Min...
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...
Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...
Informed Medical Decisions FoundationBoston, MAThe Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, founded...
Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...
Atlantic Health SystemNew Jersey1,308 Beds Atlantic Health System owns and operates Morristown M...
Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...
Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...
Ryhov HospitalJönköping, Sweden Ryhov Hospital is a county hospital in Jönköping, Sweden, with a...
Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...
The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...
Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...
The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...
University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...
UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...
A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...
Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...
Partner's created the Center for Connected Health to promote technology-enabled innovations in te...
Kaiser maintains a number of operating units to identify and test innovations. The Center for Tot...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
Although Maryland enjoys the third highest median income in the United States, the state suffers ...
Among the agencies that have made a substantial effort toward competency is the Nursing Home Ombu...
Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...
As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...
Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...
A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...
The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infe...
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...
The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...