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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
Early Identification and Treatment of Sepsis through Initiation of Response Team in the Emergency Department (ED CODE SEPSIS)

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

September 16th, 2016
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Lean Six Sigma Clean Closure Implementation Reduces Colorectal Surgical Site Infections by 62% in a Tertiary Medical Center

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

September 16th, 2016
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Improving Mortality for the Septic Patient with a Resuscitation Bundle in the Emergency Department (ED)

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

May 28th, 2015
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Eliminating Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) System-Wide: Expanding Quality Improvement Practices Beyond Critical Care Units

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

March 12th, 2015
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Reducing the Pains of Change--Total Knee Replacement Postoperative Infection Prevention

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

March 12th, 2013
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VAP: Reduction, Accountability and Commitment

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

March 6th, 2013
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Decreasing Health Care-Acquired Conditions: A Community Hospital's Use of Process Improvement to Decrease CLASBIs

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

June 1st, 2012
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