In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia exper...

October 9th, 2009
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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...

October 9th, 2009
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The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percen...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem ThedaCare selected its radiation oncology (rad-onc) department to kick off a systemw...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem Vanderbilt's project didn't address a problem so much as it focused on a goal: to be...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem More than one million serious medication errors occur each year in U.S. hospitals. T...

October 8th, 2009
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As a result of care coordination activities with Medicare patients, the opportunity to improve pa...

September 26th, 2009
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The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...

September 24th, 2009
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At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

September 24th, 2009
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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

September 21st, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

September 20th, 2009
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The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

September 20th, 2009
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The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem The organization was recording more patient falls than its leadership considered acc...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is one of the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant ba...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem Wait times in the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation center were unacceptable; some ...

September 1st, 2009
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