The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...

September 16th, 2016
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The blood bank relocated to a new hospital facility while the labor and delivery (L&D) unit remai...

September 16th, 2016
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Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called “Germ Cr...

March 14th, 2016
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Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

October 6th, 2015
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This New York Times blog was written by a resident in internal medicine at Massachusetts General ...

July 1st, 2015
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AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...

October 30th, 2012
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A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...

September 9th, 2012
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This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

June 1st, 2012
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Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

June 1st, 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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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

February 1st, 2012
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To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...

February 1st, 2012
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This study used written portfolios to capture reflective learning that trainees described about t...

January 1st, 2012
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This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models th...

November 1st, 2011
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The Problem Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is one of the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant ba...

September 1st, 2009
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The ProblemUrinary tract infections are the most common infections in hospitals. The majority are...

August 1st, 2009
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