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Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...
Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
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...
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 Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...
Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
The goal of this quality improvement project was to reduce the length of hospitalization, to impr...
This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...
“Every staff member counts” and “every patient counts.” With this mantra, AllianceHealth Pryor in...
The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...
The Coachella Valley is a region in Southern California with an incredibly high rate of HIV. Base...
Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...
For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...
As part of the efforts to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognize...
Telemedicine, successfully used in many areas of medicine, has yet to be evaluated during the reh...
The Integrated Care Management Program is a care manager collaborative created to ensure a smooth...
The Hospital Group focused on reducing the readmission rate on the rehabilitation service unit (R...
Every day, hospitals are successfully meeting challenges and providing quality care in their comm...
To address disparities in health care outcomes, Main Line Health is proactively addressing socioe...
