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In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia exper...
The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...
The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...
The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient...
As a result of care coordination activities with Medicare patients, the opportunity to improve pa...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...
The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...
The Problem The organization was recording more patient falls than its leadership considered acc...
The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...
The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...
The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...
The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...
Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...
The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...
The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...
The Problem Adverse drug events occur in as many as 10 percent of hospitalized patients, with th...
The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...
