In August 2010, the Center for Transforming Healthcare launched its fourth project which aims to ...

November 28th, 2012
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The 2012 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality award winners and finalists are highlighted in this webin...

November 27th, 2012
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One successful initiative can lead to another. A “nurse transitionist” program at Western Marylan...

November 26th, 2012
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Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them To identify the barriers to implementation and the s...

November 20th, 2012
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Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

November 19th, 2012
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The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

November 9th, 2012
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This how-to guide describes the essentials elements of preventing obstetrical adverse events, inc...

November 9th, 2012
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"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

November 5th, 2012
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Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

November 1st, 2012
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a comprehensive toolkit focused on the prevalence and im...

October 22nd, 2012
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The Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE...

October 18th, 2012
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Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

October 11th, 2012
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Background: Assessment of patient safety culture has recently expanded in inpatient settings, but...

October 1st, 2012
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This audio program features current news and information from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Rese...

September 26th, 2012
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By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

September 24th, 2012
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Background: Despite increasing recognition that patients could play an important role in promotin...

September 20th, 2012
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On the CUSP: Stop BSI and Stop CAUTI aim to eliminate central line associated bloodstream infecti...

September 12th, 2012
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The following information is a guide of infection prevention recommendations for outpatient (ambu...

September 12th, 2012
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This online education program has been developed by infection control experts from Joint Commissi...

September 12th, 2012
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Objective: Rates of venous thromboembolism as high as 58 percent have been reported after trauma,...

August 1st, 2012
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