Nurses at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health, introduced a Diabetes Education Qui...

June 15th, 2017
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Serious dental problems can affect the overall well-being of an individual. Therefore, Mount St. ...

March 7th, 2017
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Northern Westchester Hospital is improving their patients’ experience through the Food Is Care pr...

September 26th, 2016
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The St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center created a Hypoglycemic Task Force to recognize and decrea...

September 26th, 2016
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  The patient experience is more important today than ever before, with payments tied to patie...

September 21st, 2016
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This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...

September 16th, 2016
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Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...

September 16th, 2016
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The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...

September 16th, 2016
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The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital recently develope...

August 19th, 2016
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In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

April 22nd, 2016
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Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

April 22nd, 2016
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This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

March 31st, 2016
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Recognizing the need to build a just culture, the leadership team at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hos...

February 29th, 2016
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The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...

February 29th, 2016
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The collaborative was launched by Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care in 2012 to trans...

February 29th, 2016
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Approximately two years ago frontline staff presented a proposal to remove bed and chair alarms f...

February 29th, 2016
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Patient and system tracers have been conducted at this institution since 2008. Prior to this proj...

February 29th, 2016
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A house wide effort was lead this year to teach and embed continuous improvement methodology and ...

February 29th, 2016
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As the conventional analogy notes, change occurs when an organization finds itself atop a burning...

February 29th, 2016
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Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...

February 29th, 2016
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In 2012, a physician-led Pioneer accountable care organization recognized an opportunity to bette...

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The health system's vision in 2014 was "to transform the delivery and financing of health care to...

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The ICMP Program is a Care Manager collaborative created to ensure the transition of patient care...

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North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...

February 29th, 2016
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The skilled nursing facility three-day waiver program is an exciting opportunity at Partners Heal...

February 29th, 2016
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Nighttime or off-shift intubations are a low-frequency, high-risk procedure in a community hospit...

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Under the leadership of the Process Improvement (PI) Department, the organization has been drivin...

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The Perioperative Medicine Model of Care is a three-pronged approach to the postoperative care of...

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North Shore Medical Center is dedicated to safely transitioning all emergency department patients...

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TEMPO: Together Everyone Improves Patient Outcomes, an initiative undertaken at Saint Vincent Hos...

February 29th, 2016
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Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that diagnostic care for patients who were referred within the...

February 29th, 2016
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As the complexity and cost of cancer care increases, there is an urgent need to support and track...

February 29th, 2016
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New England Quality Care Alliance, a physician network, implemented a medication prior authorizat...

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Newton-Wellesley Hospital reviewed rates of third and fourth degree obstetrical trauma (Patient S...

February 29th, 2016
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The integrated specialty pharmacy program at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., i...

February 29th, 2016
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In early 2010, Emerson Hospital board members, medical staff and executive leaders convened to ad...

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The project's goal was to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in trached and ...

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This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...

February 29th, 2016
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Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

November 16th, 2015

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

October 6th, 2015
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Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...

September 15th, 2015
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Erie County Medical Center's "boots on the floor" initiative began by hiring five full-time patie...

September 14th, 2015

NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

September 9th, 2015

Read about how patient and family engagement practices are related to patient experiences. This s...

July 21st, 2015
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This infographic provides a summary of the HPOE guide “Partnering to Improve Quality and Safety: ...

July 14th, 2015
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The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

July 1st, 2015
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The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

June 16th, 2015
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Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

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The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

June 16th, 2015
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