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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
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...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...
The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...
The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...
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...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
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...
