Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...

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A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

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Post-discharge phone calls are best practice, but multiple phone calls can confuse and frustrate ...

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This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

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This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

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“Mobility is medicine,” say clinicians and volunteers working together to improve patient care at...

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Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

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Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

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Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...

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The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

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By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

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In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

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A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

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Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...

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Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

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Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

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Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

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Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

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The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

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In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

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Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

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Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...

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When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

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

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

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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

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The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

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The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

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Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...

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The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...

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The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...

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The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...

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The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

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The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...

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The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...

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The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...

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The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...

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The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...

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The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...

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The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...

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The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...

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The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...

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The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...

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The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...

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