Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

November 23rd, 2015
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Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...

October 26th, 2015
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Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

June 1st, 2015
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It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

July 29th, 2013
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Doctors Hospital of Manteca/Tenet HealthcareManteca, CABeds: 73 The ProblemRealizing high-alert ...

July 17th, 2013
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The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

February 13th, 2013
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Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

November 19th, 2012
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"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

November 5th, 2012
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Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

June 1st, 2012
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The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

June 1st, 2012
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Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

February 1st, 2012
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The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...

February 1st, 2012
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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

February 1st, 2012
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Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

February 1st, 2012
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Continuum Health Partners'  pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...

February 1st, 2012
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Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with pat...

February 1st, 2012
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As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...

February 1st, 2012
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Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...

February 1st, 2012
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An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...

February 1st, 2012
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Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse a...

February 1st, 2012
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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

February 1st, 2012
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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

February 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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Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...

September 13th, 2010
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The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon.  The average for Lehi...

August 30th, 2010
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At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

September 24th, 2009
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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

September 21st, 2009
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The Problem MRSA is a virulent bacteria that thrives in the health care setting, putting at grea...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...

July 1st, 2009
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