At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

September 16th, 2016
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Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

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A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

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Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...

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Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...

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

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Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...

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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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During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

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Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...

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In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

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The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

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SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

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

April 13th, 2015
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Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

March 31st, 2015
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This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

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Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...

March 8th, 2015
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The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

November 24th, 2014
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The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

October 30th, 2014
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Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

November 19th, 2013
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Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...

November 4th, 2013
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Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

October 17th, 2013
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Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...

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On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

September 16th, 2013
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In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

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After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

March 12th, 2013
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The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

March 12th, 2013
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The 2012 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality award winners and finalists are highlighted in this webin...

November 27th, 2012
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Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and tec...

October 1st, 2012
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The IHI Improvement Capability Self‐Assessment Tool is designed to assist organizations in asse...

September 26th, 2012
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Compassionate and cost effective is how Memorial Healthcare System, based in Hollywood, Fla., des...

August 20th, 2012
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The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and the Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF) partn...

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

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

June 1st, 2012
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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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This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

June 1st, 2012
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Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

June 1st, 2012
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The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

June 1st, 2012
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With nearly half of all emergency departments operating at or above capacity and the majority of ...

April 27th, 2012
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At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

February 1st, 2012
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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

February 1st, 2012
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Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

February 1st, 2012
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As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...

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In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

February 1st, 2012
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Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...

October 1st, 2009
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