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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...
After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...
Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...
Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...
Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...
On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...
Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...
This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...
The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...
The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...
Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...
As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...
In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...
In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...
The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...
The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...
The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...
The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...
The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...