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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...
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...
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 ...
NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...
Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...
The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...
To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...
The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...
