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In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia exper...
The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...
As a result of care coordination activities with Medicare patients, the opportunity to improve pa...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem The organization was recording more patient falls than its leadership considered acc...
The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...
The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...
The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...
The Problem Adverse drug events occur in as many as 10 percent of hospitalized patients, with th...
The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...
The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....
The ProblemUrinary tract infections are the most common infections in hospitals. The majority are...
The ProblemMedication errors in the health care delivery system are the most common type of error...
The Problem The Pitt Country Memorial Hospital leadership team decided to reduce surgical compli...
The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...
The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...
The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...
The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...
The Problem Falls are a serious problem for older people, composing the largest single category ...
Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve...
