Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

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

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...

In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

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

Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

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 ...

Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

The hospital was experiencing higher costs and lower quality care than its competitors based on d...

After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

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

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

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

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

A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...

Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

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 ...

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

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

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

In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...

Falls increased in Thompson Health's inpatient areas in 2009 and 2010, and the number of falls wa...