Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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...

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

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 sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...

The goal of this project was to reduce the incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) as a re...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

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...

Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los...

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 ...

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...

Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...

The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...