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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
As many older patients are affected by Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in hospital settings, South...
SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...
Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...
Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...
In early 2010, Emerson Hospital board members, medical staff and executive leaders convened to ad...
With the national focus on decreasing hospital-acquired infections, Massachusetts General Hospita...
At Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the pediatric intensive care unit has been implem...
Dedicated to eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections, North Shore Medical Center...
During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....
During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...
This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...
For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...
On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...