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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia exper...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...
The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...
The Problem The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percen...
The Problem ThedaCare selected its radiation oncology (rad-onc) department to kick off a systemw...
The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...
The Problem Vanderbilt's project didn't address a problem so much as it focused on a goal: to be...
The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient...
The Problem More than one million serious medication errors occur each year in U.S. hospitals. T...
As a result of care coordination activities with Medicare patients, the opportunity to improve pa...
The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...
The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...
The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...
The Problem The organization was recording more patient falls than its leadership considered acc...
The Problem Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is one of the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant ba...
The Problem Wait times in the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation center were unacceptable; some ...
The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...
The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...
The Problem MRSA is a virulent bacteria that thrives in the health care setting, putting at grea...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...
The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...
The Problem Hazleton General Hospital is committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered,...
Health care acquired infections in U.S. hospitals account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 a...
Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...
The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...
The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...
The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...
The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...
The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....
The ProblemUrinary tract infections are the most common infections in hospitals. The majority are...
The ProblemMajor abdominal surgery, such as elective colon surgery or major hernia repair, is hig...
The ProblemMedication errors in the health care delivery system are the most common type of error...
The Problem The Pitt Country Memorial Hospital leadership team decided to reduce surgical compli...
The long-term care provider decided to tackle C. diff infections. Illness from C. diff commonly a...
The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...
The Problem Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a leading cause of death among all hospitalacquir...
The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...
The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...
The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...
The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...
The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...
The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...
The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...
