IHA case studies
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At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...
The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...
The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...
The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...
The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...
This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...
The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...
During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...
Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...
Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...
Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...
Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...
In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...
The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...
SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...
St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...
The hospital recognized an urgent need to improve the current rate of colorectal cancer screening...
Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...
The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...
This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...
Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...
Early and safe mobility of critically ill patients in a cardiovascular surgical intensive care un...
After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...
The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...
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...
Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...
The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...
