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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
Doctors Hospital of Manteca/Tenet HealthcareManteca, CABeds: 73 The ProblemRealizing high-alert ...
The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...
The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
Continuum Health Partners' pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...
Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with pat...
As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...
Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...
An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...
Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse a...
Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
The Problem MRSA is a virulent bacteria that thrives in the health care setting, putting at grea...
The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...
The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...
The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...
The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...
The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...
The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...
The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...
The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...
The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...
