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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...
The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...
The Problem Incorrect patient identification through the registration process increases the pote...
The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...
The Problem MRSA is a virulent bacteria that thrives in the health care setting, putting at grea...
The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...
The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...
The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...
The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...
The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...
The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...
The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...
The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...
The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem Nurses have always stuggled with balancing time between their workloads. Employee sa...
The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...