IHA case studies
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This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...
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...
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...
As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...
The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...
Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...
Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...
To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...
In January 2011, utilizing the hospital’s system-wide electronic medical records, a family medici...
The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...
The hospital recognized an urgent need to improve the current rate of colorectal cancer screening...
Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...
Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, worked to create a highly reliable system for follow up ...
Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago, improved both influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates ...
OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...
Using a Community Needs Assessment, Morris Hospital, which serves 18 rural communities, identifie...
Three patient navigators are used to advocate on behalf of women with abnormal breast findings on...
After identifying inequities with affordable access to primary care services and an uncoordinated...
The goal was to eliminate all variances in the clinical process measures to ensure that patients ...
HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...
The hospital developed a comprehensive, multidisciplinary stroke program to provide patients with...
Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...
Rush-Copley Medical Center collaborated with the Kane County Health Department after an outbreak ...
A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...
Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...
