According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

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The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

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Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

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The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

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A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

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Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

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Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

November 23rd, 2015
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Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

October 20th, 2015
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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

October 6th, 2015
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This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

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Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

June 1st, 2015
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A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

May 28th, 2015
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This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

March 12th, 2015
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Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

February 20th, 2015

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

September 17th, 2013
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This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

September 16th, 2013
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Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

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More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...

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There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

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Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...

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