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

December 14th, 2015

Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

October 6th, 2015
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Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

October 6th, 2015
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In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

October 6th, 2015
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A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...

October 5th, 2015
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Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...

June 16th, 2015
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The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...

June 16th, 2015
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The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

June 16th, 2015
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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

June 8th, 2015
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July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

June 8th, 2015
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The decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks ...

June 8th, 2015
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...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...

June 8th, 2015
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A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...

June 8th, 2015
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Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

June 4th, 2015
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The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

June 3rd, 2015
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To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

June 2nd, 2015
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Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

June 1st, 2015
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A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

May 28th, 2015
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The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

May 27th, 2015
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