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AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...
Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...
Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...
This audio program features current news and information from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Rese...
Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...
Rob Olson, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Bellingham, Wash., sold his solo practice when he ...
A recent study of 39 children's hospitals revealed 16 organizations have antimicrobial stewardshi...
Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure are more likely...
Drawing from data reported by the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research an...
Pennsylvania facilities submitted 879 medication error reports from July 1, 2004, through January...
A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...
The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...
Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...
The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...
Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...
The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...
A multidisciplinary team was formed to increase the rate of risk assessment and appropriate thera...
Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...
