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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...
The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...
Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...
Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...
The Bridge Model improves transitions of care by utilizing master’s-educated social workers in a ...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
The Wisconsin Quality of Life Index is a multidimensional model for measuring patients’ quality o...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
April is National Minority Health Month. In 2011, the AHA and four partners formed Equity of Care...
Hospital Menonita de Cayey, a 208-bed facility in Cayey, Puerto Rico, used best practices and pee...
Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...
This handy visual aid illustrates the main points from "2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Benchma...
This infographic provides a sample of the findings from the 2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Ben...
This updated chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of...
Pinnacle Health System Harrisburg, PA599 Beds The Problem Health systems are no longer simply as...
