The disease management process at Bassett Medical Center was positively impacted after the hospit...

July 17th, 2017
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After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

September 16th, 2016
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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

September 16th, 2016
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This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

September 16th, 2016
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As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...

July 15th, 2016
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Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

June 9th, 2016
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Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...

October 6th, 2015
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An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

September 14th, 2015
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The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...

June 16th, 2015
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The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

June 8th, 2015
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There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

April 16th, 2014
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This report indentifies and explains guiding principles to inform the implementation ofCommunity ...

June 1st, 2013
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Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

May 6th, 2013
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Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...

March 18th, 2013
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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 goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...

March 1st, 2013
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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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This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

June 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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As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

February 1st, 2012
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For more than ten years, St. Elizabeth Medical Center has focused on length of stay and resource ...

February 1st, 2012
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St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

February 1st, 2012
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To perform the study, Health System Change researchers conducted 114 interviews in 2010 with part...

November 21st, 2011
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The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...

August 1st, 2009
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