This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...

September 16th, 2016
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Rates of inpatient medication errors range from 45 to 76 percent, with most errors occurring on-a...

May 16th, 2016
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Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los...

March 14th, 2016
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Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

November 16th, 2015

Each year, the Illinois Hospital Association recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Illino...

June 29th, 2015
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South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...

April 21st, 2015
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Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

February 5th, 2015
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Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

August 29th, 2014
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Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...

March 12th, 2013
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Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...

January 1st, 2013
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In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneo...

December 3rd, 2012
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It is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. ...

October 25th, 2012
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Improving quality of care can go hand in hand with eliminating disparities in care. University of...

February 13th, 2012
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Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...

January 1st, 2012
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This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models th...

November 1st, 2011
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The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

November 1st, 2011
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In a recent study, the non-profit Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. ranks 16th out of 16 nati...

October 1st, 2011
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The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011, updates a series of comprehensive...

October 1st, 2011
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This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...

November 1st, 2010
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