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March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...
U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medi...
Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...
Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...
The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize recognizes leadership and innovation in quality improvem...
According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...
This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...
Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...
The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...
A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...
A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...
Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...
The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...
By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...
