Adirondack Health is working with multiple sectors of the community, such as the Franklin County ...

October 26th, 2016
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At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

September 16th, 2016
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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

September 16th, 2016
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In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

September 16th, 2016
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The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

September 16th, 2016
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Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

September 16th, 2016
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Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...

September 16th, 2016
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The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

September 16th, 2016
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Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

September 16th, 2016
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Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

September 16th, 2016
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The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...

September 16th, 2016
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In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...

September 16th, 2016
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High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

September 16th, 2016
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Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...

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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A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...

August 15th, 2016
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Effective and sustainable hospital-community partnerships are critical to building a Culture of H...

August 4th, 2016
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For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...

February 29th, 2016
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Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...

February 29th, 2016
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The Hospital Group focused on reducing the readmission rate on the rehabilitation service unit (R...

February 29th, 2016
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