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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...
Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...
A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...
The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...
Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...
South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...
St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...
The Problem More than one million serious medication errors occur each year in U.S. hospitals. T...
The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...