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Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...
Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...
The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...
The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...
Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...
High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...
The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...
A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....
