March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...

March 13th, 2017
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Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

September 16th, 2016
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Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

September 16th, 2016
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A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

September 16th, 2016
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Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

September 16th, 2016
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The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...

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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Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

April 4th, 2016
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Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...

March 14th, 2016
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Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called “Germ Cr...

March 14th, 2016
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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

June 4th, 2015
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To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

June 2nd, 2015
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The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

May 27th, 2015
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An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

March 27th, 2015
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Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence i...

March 11th, 2015
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Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

February 20th, 2015

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

February 5th, 2015
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Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...

February 5th, 2015
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