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The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...
The clinic throughput time was viewed as excessive and lacked standardized best practices. A new ...
This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...
Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...
Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...
Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...
This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...
In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...
Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...
After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...
Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...
This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...
The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...
In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...
This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identifie...
The U.S. is facing an epidemic of chronic disease at the same time as it's facing tough decisions...
A trip to the emergency department too often conjures up images of crowded waiting rooms and exte...
When the H1N1 flu virus emerged in the spring of 2009, U.S. hospitals were challenged by crowded ...
The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...
The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient...
The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...
The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...
The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...
The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...
