Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

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

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

September 16th, 2016
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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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A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

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The Problem--Emergency departments were at capacity or beyond it, extending wait times. This resu...

April 1st, 2015
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This articles explores how HealthPartners decided to target nonclinical determinants of populatio...

August 1st, 2013
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Health plans and Medicare are using cost profiles to identify which physicians account for more h...

November 1st, 2012
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Purpose: To explore surgeons' perceptions of the factors that influence their intraoperative deci...

October 10th, 2012
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Background: Little information exists about what primary care physicians and patients experience ...

October 2nd, 2012
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This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

June 1st, 2012
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Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

June 1st, 2012
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This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

February 22nd, 2012
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With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

February 1st, 2012
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For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...

February 1st, 2012
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Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...

July 19th, 2010
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The content of this best-practices guide, and the process by which it was assembled, are emblemat...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...

July 1st, 2009
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