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Featured All AHA webinars are free of charge but require advance registration. AHA does not offer continui...
March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...
March 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week. HPOE.org offers guides, tools, case studies...
U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medi...
Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...
Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...
The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...
The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...
The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...
Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...
The Lung Partners Primary Respiratory Care at the Crouse Hospital is managing the needs of patien...
A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...
Rates of inpatient medication errors range from 45 to 76 percent, with most errors occurring on-a...
Bassett Medical Center, a 180-bed hospital in Cooperstown, New York, has implemented and sustaine...
One patient safety tool can be used in all care and service areas, improving safety and quality f...
