The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

September 16th, 2016
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Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

September 16th, 2016
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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 decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks ...

June 8th, 2015
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Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

August 29th, 2014
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Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

September 17th, 2013
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Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

June 26th, 2013
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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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At Franciscan St. James Health, the nursery had the highest rate of "zero" orders (orders not on ...

June 1st, 2012
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Wrong site surgeries are rare and difficult to study. But most health care organizations recogniz...

February 27th, 2012
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When the Infection Prevention and Control Department of Medical Center of McKinney in McKinney, T...

April 26th, 2010
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The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...

August 1st, 2009
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The model described in this white paper represents IHI's best current assessment of the component...

January 1st, 2005
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