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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...
The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...
The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...
Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...
In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...
Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
Human resources and the nursing leadership team worked together using a PDCA for rapid cycle impr...
Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...
Avista Adventist Hospital, a 114-bed facility in Louisville, Colorado, used best practices and pe...
Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268-bed facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas, used best practice...
