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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...
St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...
The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...
In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...
This AHRQ video vignette illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....
The link between excessive work hours and adverse errors is inseparable. This project investigate...
Read about how patient and family engagement practices are related to patient experiences. This s...
This infographic provides a summary of the HPOE guide “Partnering to Improve Quality and Safety: ...
Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...
A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...
A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...
To truly transform care, hospitals and care systems must effectively engage patients and their fa...
The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...
Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...
NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...
Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...
St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...
UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...
Yuma Regional Medical Center, a 406-bed facility in Yuma, Arizona, used best practices and peer-t...
Identifying solutions to reduce hospital-acquired conditions. Working to spread this knowledge to...
It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Re...
There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...
The National Patient Safety Foundation leads Patient Safety Awareness Week in early March to prom...
Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...
Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...