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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...
The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...
A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...
Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...
The Problem The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percen...