The 2012 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality award winners and finalists are highlighted in this webin...

November 27th, 2012
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Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them To identify the barriers to implementation and the s...

November 20th, 2012
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Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

October 11th, 2012
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Background: Despite increasing recognition that patients could play an important role in promotin...

September 20th, 2012
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This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

June 1st, 2012
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Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

June 1st, 2012
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After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

June 1st, 2012
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Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

June 1st, 2012
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A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...

June 1st, 2012
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Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

June 1st, 2012
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The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

June 1st, 2012
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Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

June 1st, 2012
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The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

June 1st, 2012
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Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

June 1st, 2012
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In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

March 1st, 2012
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At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

February 1st, 2012
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Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

February 1st, 2012
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The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

February 1st, 2012
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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

February 1st, 2012
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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

February 1st, 2012
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