There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

February 22nd, 2017
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Community health initiatives that start with small successes can lead to bigger changes. St. Cath...

February 13th, 2017
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Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....

December 5th, 2016
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In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...

September 16th, 2016
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Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

September 16th, 2016
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The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...

September 16th, 2016
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A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...

September 16th, 2016
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According to published research data, the majority of cardiac stent patients have no additional r...

September 16th, 2016
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Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...

September 16th, 2016
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For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...

June 27th, 2016
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Recognizing the need to build a just culture, the leadership team at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hos...

February 29th, 2016
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As the conventional analogy notes, change occurs when an organization finds itself atop a burning...

February 29th, 2016
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Nighttime or off-shift intubations are a low-frequency, high-risk procedure in a community hospit...

February 29th, 2016
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CDMHC’s innovative programs divert hundreds of patients from the hospitals and emergency departme...

November 10th, 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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  For more than two decades, health services researchers have been using statewide hospital disc...

October 2nd, 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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The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

September 14th, 2015
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Education that increases awareness is one of the best ways to transform health outcomes. But, as ...

September 1st, 2015

The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

June 18th, 2015
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