IHA case studies
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The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...
Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...
At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...
This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...
The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...
Restraint documentation was a challenge at the hospital for multiple reasons, including the imple...
In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...
Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...
The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...
The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...
Concurrent review of three core measure sets has ensured appropriate and timely patient care. The...
Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...
This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...
Staff at this community-based rural hospital in northwest Illinois that treats more than 18,000 e...
Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...
The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...
Today, about one out of three children and adolescents ages 2-19 in the United States is overweig...
This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...
The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...
Limited provider appointment availability in the clinic was causing delays for patients seeking c...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...
The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...
The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...
The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
Concussions are a growing problem for young athletes. The hospital’s overall goal is to educate a...
The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...
Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...
Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...
The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
As identified in its 2014 Culture of Safety survey, the hospital’s overall mean score for the sta...
A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...
Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...
The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...
Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...
Sepsis is a medical condition with high rates of morbidity, mortality and cost and it is the most...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...
High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
The project includes a hard stop chain of command. When scheduling an induction or C-section, the...
For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...
The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...
The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...
Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...
As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...
The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....
Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
According to published research data, the majority of cardiac stent patients have no additional r...
The clinic throughput time was viewed as excessive and lacked standardized best practices. A new ...
This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...
Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
The goal of this quality improvement project was to reduce the length of hospitalization, to impr...
Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...
Senior leadership at Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System assembled an improvement team to use...
The blood bank relocated to a new hospital facility while the labor and delivery (L&D) unit remai...
Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...
Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...
This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...
Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...
Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...
The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...
Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...
Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...
In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...
Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, pati...
Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...
The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...