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Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...
Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...
Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...
Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...
One successful initiative can lead to another. A “nurse transitionist” program at Western Marylan...
AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...
A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...
The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...
Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...
South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...
St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...
About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community ...
In many contexts, cesarean delivery has come to be regarded as the safer option, when in fact it ...
As the largest segment of the health care workforce, with more than 3 million professionals, nurs...
In an effort to provide hospitals and health systems nationwide with guidance, Premier developed ...
Salt and a jar of pickles: That's what one HealthEast (St. Paul, Minn.) transition coach found in...
For many hospitals, the road to improved quality often begins with transparency, where unexpected...
Presented by Eric A. Coleman, MD, this webinar addressed proposed changes in how hospitals are r...
At Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, discharge planning truly begins at admission. Care te...
The Problem More than one million serious medication errors occur each year in U.S. hospitals. T...
The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...