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

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As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

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

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A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...

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This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

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

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

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

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The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

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Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

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The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

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Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

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

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

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

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Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

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

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

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

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Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

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

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As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

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For more than ten years, St. Elizabeth Medical Center has focused on length of stay and resource ...

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

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

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

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In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...

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South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...

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Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with pat...

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Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

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In March 2009, after assessing staff's knowledge about fire prevention and safety, St. Mary's Hos...

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University HospitalsCleveland, OH1,032 Beds The Problem To address the changing demographics of ...

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AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

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Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds  The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...

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Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

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Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...

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