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

March 22nd, 2017
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To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...

January 6th, 2017
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SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

January 6th, 2017
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Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

January 6th, 2017
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MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...

October 26th, 2016
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Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

September 26th, 2016
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The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

September 16th, 2016
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Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

September 16th, 2016
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Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...

September 9th, 2015

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

September 9th, 2015

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

July 21st, 2015

A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...

June 8th, 2015
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South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...

April 21st, 2015
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Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...

October 9th, 2014
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Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

July 11th, 2014
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This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...

February 1st, 2012
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Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...

February 1st, 2012
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Stony Brook University Medical Center joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement critical ca...

February 1st, 2012
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Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...

February 1st, 2012
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Smart infusion pump technology improves patient safety by providing decision support for nursing ...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2006, Southampton Hospital's department of nursing conducted a needs assessment focusing on th...

February 1st, 2012
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Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

February 1st, 2012
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Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

February 1st, 2012
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Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis...

February 1st, 2012
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Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...

February 1st, 2012
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

February 1st, 2012
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Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...

February 1st, 2012
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A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

February 1st, 2012
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The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...

February 1st, 2012
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Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

February 1st, 2012
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In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

February 1st, 2012
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The average length of stay for patients undergoing single elective total joint replacement surger...

February 1st, 2012
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St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

February 1st, 2012
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Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

February 1st, 2012
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NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...

February 1st, 2012
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To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

February 1st, 2012
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...

February 1st, 2012
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Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

February 1st, 2012
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With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...

February 1st, 2012
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

February 1st, 2012
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At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

February 1st, 2012
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The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

February 1st, 2012
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The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

February 1st, 2012
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Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...

February 1st, 2012
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An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...

February 1st, 2012
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Medication, in addition to other treatment options, is an integral part of the care provided to l...

February 1st, 2012
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For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...

February 1st, 2012
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Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...

February 1st, 2012
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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

February 1st, 2012
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This journey began when St. Francis Hospital gave fruit cocktail to a patient with a severe aller...

February 1st, 2012
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Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

February 1st, 2012
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Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...

February 1st, 2012
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Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...

February 1st, 2012
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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

February 1st, 2012
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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

February 1st, 2012
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Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

February 1st, 2012
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North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...

February 1st, 2012
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Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...

February 1st, 2012
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St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...

February 1st, 2012
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A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

February 1st, 2012
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South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...

February 1st, 2012
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In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

February 1st, 2012
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In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

February 1st, 2012
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

February 1st, 2012
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This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...

February 1st, 2012
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St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...

February 1st, 2012
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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

February 1st, 2012
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Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with pat...

February 1st, 2012
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Outside the intensive care unit, catheters remain in place for a longer duration; therefore, it i...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2005, North Shore University Hospital's president and chief executive officer made a commitmen...

February 1st, 2012
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Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

February 1st, 2012
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Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...

February 1st, 2012
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Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

February 1st, 2012
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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

February 1st, 2012
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Strong Memorial Hospital adopted barcode medication administration technology to reduce the incid...

February 1st, 2012
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Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...

October 9th, 2011
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The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...

October 9th, 2011
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