IHA case studies
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Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...
The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...
Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
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...
The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...
The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...