The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

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Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

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The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...

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Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

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Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

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Limited provider appointment availability in the clinic was causing delays for patients seeking c...

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The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

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Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

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Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

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The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

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Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

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The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...

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Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

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The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...

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The goal of this project was to reduce the incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) as a re...

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Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

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The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...

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Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

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Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

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

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Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los...

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