Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

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This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

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Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...

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As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

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Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...

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A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

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The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infe...

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Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

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After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

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Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

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The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...

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This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

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A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...

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Rush-Copley Medical Center collaborated with the Kane County Health Department after an outbreak ...

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Roseland Community Hospital joined the Illinois Foundation for Quality Healthcare, the quality im...

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Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...

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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

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Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...

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Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

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A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...

June 1st, 2012
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