Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

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

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

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

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

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

This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

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

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

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

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

After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

In August 2010, the Center for Transforming Healthcare launched its fourth project which aims to ...

The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

The Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE...

Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...

Seasonal influenza remains a serious public health concern. According to the CDC, seasonal influe...

The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...

A recent study of 39 children's hospitals revealed 16 organizations have antimicrobial stewardshi...

Small but mighty describes Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hosp...

Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...

A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...

Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...

Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

As a small community hospital, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence was low. However, the lo...

Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...

Outside the intensive care unit, catheters remain in place for a longer duration; therefore, it i...

This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...

Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...

South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...

Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...

Stony Brook University Medical Center joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement critical ca...

With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...

Careful planning and multidisciplinary teamwork were keys for Bethesda Hospital, a 140-bed long-t...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Steering Committee for the Prevention of H...

HAP launches a health care worker universal influenza vaccination campaign. The campaign provides...

This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...

Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...

The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...

The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

The Problem MRSA is a virulent bacteria that thrives in the health care setting, putting at grea...

The Problem Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a leading cause of death among all hospitalacquir...

The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...