Electronic Health Records implementation is still highly heterogeneous across health care systems...

November 8th, 2012
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When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, ...

October 30th, 2012
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Background: Little information exists about what primary care physicians and patients experience ...

October 2nd, 2012
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UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...

July 19th, 2012
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Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experien...

July 1st, 2012
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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

June 1st, 2012
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Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...

June 1st, 2012
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With nearly half of all emergency departments operating at or above capacity and the majority of ...

April 27th, 2012
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The authors found little evidence that participation in the Premier HQID program led to lower 30-...

March 28th, 2012
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This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

February 22nd, 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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Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

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

February 1st, 2012
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Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

February 1st, 2012
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Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

February 1st, 2012
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For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...

February 1st, 2012
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As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

February 1st, 2012
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In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...

February 1st, 2012
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In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

February 1st, 2012
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Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

February 1st, 2012
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The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

February 1st, 2012
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