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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...
Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the second most commonly reported hospital-associa...
Central line-associated bloodstream infections continue to be associated with high costs and mort...
Central line-associated blood stream infections cause serious patient harm, leading to thousands ...
This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...
During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....
Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...
GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries This case study is part of the Illinois Hospital Associ...
The daily operational safety exercise was an initiative spearheaded by the patient safety departm...
Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...
The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...
The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...
Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois ...
Central line-associated blood stream infections cause serious patient harm, leading to thousands ...
This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...
During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....
Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...
GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries
The daily operational safety exercise was an initiative spearheaded by the patient safety departm...
Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...
The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...
The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...
Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois H...
The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...
In December 2008, the hospital spotlighted national Hospital Quality Measures performance and fou...
Perineal trauma during childbirth can lead to significant short- or long-term complications such ...
Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...
Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...
The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...
Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...
The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...
The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...
After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
This project was designed to improve the total health care for patients of a community mental hea...
HPOE has teamed up with the Illinois Hospital Association to highlight its yearly quality awards....
Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...
Presence St. Joseph's Medical Center's project implemented interventions to maintain patient func...
In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...
A performance improvement project was initiated to reduce the number of elective inductions and c...
The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...
July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...
The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...
In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...
