Join more than 900 hospitals and health systems and 30 state and metropolitan hospital associatio...

November 30th, 2015
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The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

November 23rd, 2015
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TeamSTEPPS is designed to improve patient safety through effective communication and teamwork ski...

November 19th, 2015
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Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

November 16th, 2015

Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...

November 9th, 2015
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Hospitals and health systems are focusing on cultural competence to create an environment and wor...

November 2nd, 2015
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Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

October 20th, 2015
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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

October 6th, 2015
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Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

October 6th, 2015
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This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...

October 6th, 2015
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Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...

October 6th, 2015
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The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...

October 6th, 2015
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Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

October 6th, 2015
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Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, pati...

October 6th, 2015
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Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...

October 6th, 2015
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This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

October 5th, 2015
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Nine in 10 adults in the community lacked the literacy skills to manage their health and prevent ...

September 28th, 2015
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Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...

September 15th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

September 14th, 2015
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The link between excessive work hours and adverse errors is inseparable. This project investigate...

September 14th, 2015
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