Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

November 19th, 2012
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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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Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

November 1st, 2012
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a comprehensive toolkit focused on the prevalence and im...

October 22nd, 2012
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The Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE...

October 18th, 2012
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Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...

October 10th, 2012
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By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

September 24th, 2012
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A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...

September 9th, 2012
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Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...

September 9th, 2012
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Seasonal influenza remains a serious public health concern. According to the CDC, seasonal influe...

September 1st, 2012
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This multi-year NACHRI effort is focused on reducing CLABSI in the pediatric hematology/oncology ...

August 1st, 2012
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Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure are more likely...

August 1st, 2012
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America’s hospitals are committed to protecting the health and well-being of all patients, especi...

June 17th, 2012
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The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and the Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF) partn...

June 1st, 2012
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Pennsylvania facilities submitted 879 medication error reports from July 1, 2004, through January...

June 1st, 2012
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Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...

June 1st, 2012
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A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

June 1st, 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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Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

June 1st, 2012
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