The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...

September 24th, 2009
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At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

September 24th, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

September 20th, 2009
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The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

September 20th, 2009
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The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...

August 5th, 2009
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The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

August 1st, 2009
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Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...

July 31st, 2009
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The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...

July 1st, 2009
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Holy Cross Hospital Health Centers are primary care medical centers that provide affordable servi...

January 20th, 2009
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