At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago this fall, Kathi Patterson,...

December 20th, 2010
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When Olean (NY) General Hospital decided to improve medication management by using technology, it...

December 13th, 2010
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While many health care-acquired infections are transmitted by personal contact due to poor hand h...

December 6th, 2010
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Rarely does an orthopedic physician discuss information workflow with an ER doc, but at Regions H...

November 29th, 2010
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Making cleanliness everyone's responsibility was part of an infection control and patient safety ...

November 22nd, 2010
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At the AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit in July, David Pryor, M.D., chief medical officer for S...

November 1st, 2010
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When an employee found directions in her hospital?s emergency department?with directions to other...

October 18th, 2010
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Quality improvement and transparency go hand in hand, David Ballard, M.D., senior vice president ...

October 11th, 2010
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After reading many success stories about hospitals streamlining and improving patient flow in the...

October 4th, 2010
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Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

September 20th, 2010
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Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...

September 13th, 2010
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The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon.  The average for Lehi...

August 30th, 2010
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The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon.  The average for Lehi...

August 30th, 2010
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Senior leaders at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, knew the system's community-acq...

August 23rd, 2010
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed i...

August 16th, 2010
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...

August 16th, 2010
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Abington Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from the chie...

August 9th, 2010
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Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...

August 9th, 2010
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When Poudre Valley Health System, based in Fort Collins, Colo., started using bedside medication ...

August 2nd, 2010
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A wrong-site surgery on a toe was the catalyst for a comprehensive new surgical time-out initiati...

July 26th, 2010
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Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...

July 19th, 2010
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For many hospitals, the road to improved quality often begins with transparency, where unexpected...

July 12th, 2010
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As hospitals and health systems adjust to a new health care environment, quality performance and ...

June 28th, 2010
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Moving from a paper world to an electronic one is an "evolution," says Marcy Stoots, RN, director...

June 21st, 2010
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Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...

June 21st, 2010
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For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...

June 14th, 2010
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Texas Health Resources, a 14-hospital system based in Arlington, wanted to not only reduce ventil...

June 7th, 2010
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For executive leaders at Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, patient safety is an issue to ...

May 24th, 2010
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ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...

May 17th, 2010
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Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...

May 10th, 2010
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Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...

May 10th, 2010
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When Katherine Herrmann, the clinical quality facilitator at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, w...

May 3rd, 2010
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When the Infection Prevention and Control Department of Medical Center of McKinney in McKinney, T...

April 26th, 2010
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At Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, discharge planning truly begins at admission. Care te...

April 19th, 2010
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As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...

April 12th, 2010
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Reducing patient readmissions is both a critical patient safety need and a growing financial conc...

April 5th, 2010
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When the H1N1 flu virus emerged in the spring of 2009, U.S. hospitals were challenged by crowded ...

March 30th, 2010
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"There are two jobs at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica, N.Y. "taking care of patients directl...

March 15th, 2010
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The 3,500 employees of Eastern (Bangor) Maine Medical Center are role models for other employees ...

March 8th, 2010
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Even best practices need fine-tuning. When the critical care team at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, ...

March 1st, 2010
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After attending a 2005 conference on trauma-informed care, two nurses at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospi...

February 22nd, 2010
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Aesop?s fable "The Bundle of Sticks" teaches a lesson in working together: "Union gives strength....

February 8th, 2010
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Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...

February 1st, 2010
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When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

January 25th, 2010
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When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

January 25th, 2010
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