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While much work has been done in the hospital setting, patient falls continue to be a problem. As...
Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...
The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...
The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...
Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The goal of this project was to reduce the incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) as a re...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...
An integrated health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Avera Health serves patie...
Based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gundersen Health System is an integrated tertiary referral center ...
Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...
For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...
Mercy Medical Center committed to delivering the highest quality care with the greatest efficienc...
As part of the efforts to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognize...
Telemedicine, successfully used in many areas of medicine, has yet to be evaluated during the reh...
The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...
