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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...
SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...
Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...
MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...
Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...
The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...
Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...
Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...
A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...
Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...