Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

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Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

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The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

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Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

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Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

September 16th, 2016
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Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

December 14th, 2015

This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

March 31st, 2015
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St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

August 30th, 2013
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Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

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Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...

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Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...

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The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

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Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

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Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...

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

March 12th, 2013
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Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

March 6th, 2013
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An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

March 6th, 2013
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Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

November 12th, 2012
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"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

November 5th, 2012
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After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

June 1st, 2012
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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

June 1st, 2012
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Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...

June 1st, 2012
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Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

June 1st, 2012
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A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...

June 1st, 2012
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This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

February 22nd, 2012
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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

February 1st, 2012
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The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...

February 1st, 2012
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The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

February 1st, 2012
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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

February 1st, 2012
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Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

February 1st, 2012
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As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

February 1st, 2012
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This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...

February 1st, 2012
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In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

February 1st, 2012
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NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...

February 1st, 2012
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The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

February 1st, 2012
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Health care executives have to ensure that new care models are implemented effectively and improv...

November 29th, 2011
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Integrating the electronic health record to improve the overall care and health of the communitie...

November 14th, 2011
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Accreditation by The Joint Commission was associated with stronger performance on disease-specifi...

October 1st, 2011
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An integrated approach to project design drove breakthrough improvement in operating results at S...

June 13th, 2011
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Rethinking a registration process kept its meds system in compliance. St. James Hospital and Heal...

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When the Infection Prevention and Control Department of Medical Center of McKinney in McKinney, T...

April 26th, 2010
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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

September 20th, 2009
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The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

August 1st, 2009
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The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...

June 1st, 2009
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