Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

November 23rd, 2015
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Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

October 28th, 2015
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In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...

October 19th, 2015
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Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...

October 12th, 2015
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Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...

October 6th, 2015
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In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

October 6th, 2015
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A new HPOE Guide “Increasing Supplier Diversity in Health Care” provides action steps and case st...

September 30th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...

September 14th, 2015
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What does it take to be a winner? Children's Hospital Colorado received the 2015 AHA-McKesson Que...

August 24th, 2015
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Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

August 3rd, 2015
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This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

July 6th, 2015
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Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...

June 23rd, 2015
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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

June 17th, 2015
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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

June 17th, 2015
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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...

June 8th, 2015
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Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

June 4th, 2015
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To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

June 2nd, 2015
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Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

June 1st, 2015
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Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

May 29th, 2015
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