The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...

September 24th, 2009
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At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

September 24th, 2009
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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

September 21st, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

September 20th, 2009
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The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

September 20th, 2009
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The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

August 1st, 2009
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The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Hazleton General Hospital is committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered,...

August 1st, 2009
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Health care acquired infections in U.S. hospitals account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 a...

August 1st, 2009
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Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...

July 1st, 2009
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