Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

October 6th, 2015
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Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, pati...

October 6th, 2015
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Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...

October 6th, 2015
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This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

October 5th, 2015
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Nine in 10 adults in the community lacked the literacy skills to manage their health and prevent ...

September 28th, 2015
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Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...

September 15th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

September 14th, 2015
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The link between excessive work hours and adverse errors is inseparable. This project investigate...

September 14th, 2015
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Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

September 14th, 2015
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An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

September 14th, 2015
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Falls prevention continues to be a focus on all patient units and is a priority for safe care thr...

September 14th, 2015
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The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

September 14th, 2015
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The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...

September 14th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to reduce the number of injection errors occurring at the hospital's...

September 14th, 2015
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North Shore University Hospital’s palliative care unit emphasizes quality of life by providing pa...

September 14th, 2015

Erie County Medical Center's "boots on the floor" initiative began by hiring five full-time patie...

September 14th, 2015

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System opened a facility to treet heavioral health and prim...

September 14th, 2015

The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence website highlights quality improvement stories at hundreds...

September 14th, 2015
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NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

September 9th, 2015

Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Clevelan...

August 17th, 2015
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