Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

As many older patients are affected by Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in hospital settings, South...

A complete list of every HPOE/HRET guide created since 2010. This list features nearly 80 guides ...

SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...

According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

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...

The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

Using HOUDINI to eliminate CAUTI. It’s all about decreasing the inappropriate use of indwelling c...

A key component to making patient care safer is to track your data and progress towards improveme...

State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...

Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

 White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital Center’s interdisciplinary team developed a disinfection procedure ...

The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...

The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

In December 2008, the hospital spotlighted national Hospital Quality Measures performance and fou...

In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...

Nearly 1,500 U.S. hospitals are working to eliminate patient harm and reduce hospital readmission...

Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...

Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical ...

Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...

This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps...

Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

This webinar highlights the upcoming HPOE action guide, "Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary ...

Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...

There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...

A nurse-driven protocol was implemented to increase the staff’s awareness on the appropriate indi...

After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI  collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the im...

In October 2010, Memorial Medical Center implemented an intervention “bundle” designed to reduce ...

A hospital study was conducted to evaluate the practicality and effectiveness of UV light as a ge...

Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

The purpose of the project was to improve the recognition and early goal directed treatment of pa...

The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-ass...

The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

In August 2010, the Center for Transforming Healthcare launched its fourth project which aims to ...

Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

The Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE...

Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

On the CUSP: Stop BSI and Stop CAUTI aim to eliminate central line associated bloodstream infecti...

The following information is a guide of infection prevention recommendations for outpatient (ambu...

This online education program has been developed by infection control experts from Joint Commissi...

Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...

Seasonal influenza remains a serious public health concern. According to the CDC, seasonal influe...

The Quality Transformation Network is a large and growing group of children's hospitals combining...

This multi-year NACHRI effort is focused on reducing CLABSI in the pediatric hematology/oncology ...

The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...

A recent study of 39 children's hospitals revealed 16 organizations have antimicrobial stewardshi...

Small but mighty describes Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hosp...

This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...

A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infe...

Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...

This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...

Roseland Community Hospital joined the Illinois Foundation for Quality Healthcare, the quality im...

Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...

A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

As a small community hospital, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence was low. However, the lo...

Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...