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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...
At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...
In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...
The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...
The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....
The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...
North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...
The Integrated Care Management Program is a care manager collaborative created to ensure a smooth...
An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...
Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...
Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...
NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...
Saint Anthony Health Center, Alton, Ill., took a hard look at data from its cancer program and fo...
Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...
