Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...

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The largest drivers of disease in populations are unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, unhealthy...

Since 2007, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Psychiatry Residency program has help...

Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...

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

This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...

Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...

Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...

The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...

Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...

Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

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

Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, pati...

A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...

The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...

The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

Hypertension—the silent killer—impacts more than one in three Americans and is a leading cause of...

This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

A population health initiative in Rochester, New York, is bringing together two health care syste...

Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) 2012 community health needs assessment, in which communiti...

This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...

The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...

Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...

The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the second most commonly reported hospital-associa...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections continue to be associated with high costs and mort...

This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...

During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...

Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois ...

This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...

During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...

Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois H...

Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...

Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...

The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...