Case Studies

    MHA Accountable Care Compass Awards

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    The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...

    February 29th, 2016
    Ask Me To Explain Campaign: Improving Communication to Increase Patient Satisfaction in the Pediatric Emergency Department

    Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

    June 16th, 2015
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    The "90 Minute" Performance Improvement Team

    After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

    June 10th, 2015
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    Lean/Six Sigma Methods Reduce Troponin Turnaround Time for Emergency Department Patients in a 500-Bed Tertiary Hospital Level I Trauma Center

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

    June 10th, 2015
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    Enhancing Hospital Safety Culture Through Use of Defect Huddle Incident Management System

    Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

    May 29th, 2015
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    Integration of Physicians into Lean/Six Sigma Performance Improvement Program via AMA PRA Category I-Accredited Executive White Belt Training Course

    Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

    March 31st, 2015
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    Implementation of a Safe Patient Handling Program

    A Safe Patient Handling program (SPH) was initiated in 2006. A SPH vendor was chosen based upon e...

    March 28th, 2015
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    Hospital Menonita de Aibonito - Minimizing the risk for falls

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

    February 5th, 2015
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